manor-house
Nobleman's country seat
A manor-house is the principal residence on a landed estate, historically the home of the lord of the manor in feudal England.
The term evokes a large country house with substantial grounds: The old manor-house had been in the family for generations.
Now largely historical or literary.
Large central meeting room
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- servants quartersHousing for domestic employees
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
scullery · wine cellar · turret · gables · stone facade · courtyard · gatehouse · dovecote
Fictional Yorkshire estate
- PemberleyFictional aristocratic mansion
- BronteVictorian literary surname
- AustenLiterary family name
- drawing roomFormal reception space
inheritance plot · ancestral · period drama · upstairs downstairs · gentility · Edwardian · Victorian · romantic
Nobleman or ruler
- ladyCourteous term for woman
- tenantOne who rents property
- serfBonded agricultural laborer
- demesneLord's private estate
tithe · steward · bailiff · peasant · landholder · rent · vassal · fief
Basis for justification
- parklandLand designated as park
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- deer parkFenced area for cervids
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
folly · hedgerow · orchard · woodland · gamekeeper · groundskeeper · tenant farm · boundary wall
Chief domestic servant
- footmanUniformed domestic male attendant
- maidHousehold cleaning worker
- cookHeat food for eating
- valetPersonal servant or parker
governess · groom · coachman · scullery maid · chambermaid · lady's maid · below stairs · livery
great hall
Large central meeting room
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- servants quartersHousing for domestic employees
pantry · scullery · wine cellar · turret · gables · stone facade · courtyard · gatehouse · dovecote · stables
Downton
Fictional Yorkshire estate
drawing room · inheritance plot · ancestral · period drama · upstairs downstairs · gentility · Edwardian · Victorian · romantic · haunted
lord
Nobleman or ruler
demesne · tithe · steward · bailiff · peasant · landholder · rent · vassal · fief · nobility
grounds
Basis for justification
lake · folly · hedgerow · orchard · woodland · gamekeeper · groundskeeper · tenant farm · boundary wall · avenue
butler
Chief domestic servant
valet · governess · groom · coachman · scullery maid · chambermaid · lady's maid · below stairs · livery · service bell