great houses
Aristocratic family seats
Great houses are the grand manor homes of aristocratic or wealthy families, particularly in Britain.
The term evokes estates with formal gardens, servants' quarters, and generations of family history: Downton Abbey depicts life in a great house.
In the American Southwest, great houses refers to the large pueblo structures built by ancestral peoples at sites like Chaco Canyon.
Landed aristocratic residence
- chateauFrench country mansion
- villaStately country residence
- palazzoItalian grand residence
- estateProperty and grounds
hall · stately home · portico · facade · balustrade · cornice · atrium · Tudor
Rule by hereditary elite
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
marquess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness · lord · lady
Fortified medieval residence
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- keepRetain or fortified tower
tower · Biltmore · Downton · Chatsworth · Versailles · Hearst Castle · National Trust · heritage site
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- RomanovImperial Russian ruling family
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
Baratheon · Bourbon · Windsor · Medici · Ming · Ottoman · Valois · Ptolemaic
Ancient Southwestern cliff-dwelling people
- kivaPueblo ceremonial chamber
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- multistoryHaving several floors
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
clan · Mesa Verde · archaeological · ruins · Southwest · adobe
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
estate · hall · stately home · portico · facade · balustrade · cornice · atrium · Tudor · Georgian
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
duchess · marquess · earl · countess · viscount · baron · baroness · lord · lady · nobleman
castle
Fortified medieval residence
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
keep · tower · Biltmore · Downton · Chatsworth · Versailles · Hearst Castle · National Trust · heritage site · historic home
Stark
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- RomanovImperial Russian ruling family
Baratheon · Plantagenet · Bourbon · Windsor · Medici · Ming · Ottoman · Valois · Ptolemaic · Asante
Anasazi
Ancient Southwestern cliff-dwelling people
- kivaPueblo ceremonial chamber
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- multistoryHaving several floors
ceremonial · clan · Mesa Verde · archaeological · ruins · Southwest · adobe
- Noble Houses
- Elite Familiesroyalty, nobility, aristocrats, dynasties, blue bloods
- Southwest antiquitiescliff dwellings, pottery shards, petroglyphs, rock art, ancient dwellings
- Ancestral PuebloansMesa Verde, cliff dwellings, kivas, pueblo, kiva
- Caribbean resortsall-inclusive, all-inclusive resorts, beach resorts, resorts, resort hotels
great houseshovels
Squalid, cramped dwellings
workers' housing · tenements · slums · poorhouses · almshouses
great housesshacks
Crude, flimsy dwellings
shanties · makeshift shelters · temporary housing · prefabs · mobile homes
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