manor house
Aristocrat's country seat
A manor house is a large country residence, historically the principal dwelling on a feudal estate.
The lord of the manor lived there, overseeing the surrounding lands and tenants.
Today the term describes any grand rural house of historical character: The manor house has been converted into a hotel.
Often shortened to simply manor.
Basis for justification
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- parklandLand designated as park
- demesneLord's private estate
- domainArea of control
freehold · landholding · gamekeeper · tenant · lodge · gatehouse · stables · walled garden
Descent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- successionFollowing in order
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
entailment · birthright · heir · bequest · patrimony · family seat · descendants · forebears
Titled ruling class
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- lordNobleman or ruler
- ladyCourteous term for woman
- squireKnight's noble assistant
landed · gentleman · heraldry · coat of arms · peerage · duke · countess · baronet
Triangular upper wall sections
- chimneysVertical smoke conduits
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- turretsSmall projecting towers
- porticoColumned covered entryway
mullioned · bay windows · cornices · pediment · buttresses · balustrades · stucco · colonnade
Of countryside or clergy care
- ruralOf the countryside
- villageSmall rural community
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- hedgerowsRows of dense shrubs
meadow · farmland · orchard · bucolic · rustic · rolling hills · hunt · foxhound
Impressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
ornate · gilded · chandelier · marble · tapestries · portraiture · silverware · antiques
Of the Middle Ages
- victorianOf 19th-century Britain
- elizabethanOf the Virgin Queen's reign
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
restoration · conservation · listed · ancestral · antiquity · chronicles · tapestry · relics
grounds
Basis for justification
domain · freehold · landholding · gamekeeper · tenant · lodge · gatehouse · stables · walled garden · folly
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- successionFollowing in order
primogeniture · entailment · birthright · heir · bequest · patrimony · family seat · descendants · forebears · bloodline
nobility
Titled ruling class
squire · landed · gentleman · heraldry · coat of arms · peerage · duke · countess · baronet · viscount
gables
Triangular upper wall sections
portico · mullioned · bay windows · cornices · pediment · buttresses · balustrades · stucco · colonnade · pilasters
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
hedgerows · meadow · farmland · orchard · bucolic · rustic · rolling hills · hunt · foxhound · pheasant
grandeur
Impressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
lavish · ornate · gilded · chandelier · marble · tapestries · portraiture · silverware · antiques · ballroom
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- victorianOf 19th-century Britain
- elizabethanOf the Virgin Queen's reign
- feudalOf tiered landownership
heritage · restoration · conservation · listed · ancestral · antiquity · chronicles · tapestry · relics · archives
- period dramaperiod costumes, costume drama, Victorian era, period piece, Edwardian era
- heritage stayscastle hotel, historic inn, chateau, stately home, palace hotel
- Polish Nobilitymagnates, noble families, gentry, landed gentry, noble titles
- dwellingshome, apartment, cabin, cottage, hut
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
manor housetenement building
house, manual, household, housing, houses, mansion, lighthouse, warehouse, greenhouse