country seat
Aristocrat's landed residence
A country seat is a large country house or estate, especially one belonging to an aristocratic or wealthy family.
The term emphasizes the property's role as the family's principal rural residence, distinct from their London or city home: The duke's country seat has been in the family for three centuries.
- stately homeLarge historic aristocratic residence
- mansionLarge, stately home
- residencePlace one inhabits
- ancestral homeFamily's original dwelling place
- lord of the manorFeudal estate holder
old money · grounds · manor house · estate · landed gentry · county town · land · Palladian style · property · grand entrance · great house · house · architecture · heritage building · Tudor revival · rural heritage · Georgian houses · landscaped gardens
- estatesestates, manor house, estate planning, manor, stately home
- Palacesroyal palace, Versailles, Buckingham Palace, imperial palace, Windsor Castle
- rural lodgingsfarmhouse, cottage, cabin, hunting lodge, lodge
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
country seattownhouse
Attached multi-floor urban residence
town house · urban dwelling · pied-à-terre · city apartment · penthouse
country seatmetropolis
Large important city
city · urban center · capital city · town · urban area
country, seat, countries, countrified, countryman, countrymen, countrywoman, countrywomen, countryside