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stately home

(Architecture) Brit a large mansion, esp one open to the public

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stately home - a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family

manse, mansion house, mansion, residence, hall - a large and imposing house

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

stately home

noun mansion, hall, palace, château, manor house It's a nice, smallish, comfortable stately home.

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Translations

مَنْزِلٌ فَخْم

zámek

herregård

Herrensitz

αρχοντικό

casa solariega mansión

yleisölle avoin kartano

manoir

otmjena kuća

palazzo monumentale sontuosa dimora

大邸宅

대저택

herrgård

คฤหาสน์หลังใหญ่

malikane

nhà cổ

豪华古宅

stately home

n (Brit) → residenza nobiliare (d'interesse storico e artistico)

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stately home

→ مَنْزِلٌ فَخْم zámek herregård Herrensitz αρχοντικό casa solariega, mansión yleisölle avoin kartano manoir otmjena kuća palazzo monumentale 大邸宅 대저택 landhuis prakthjem rezydencja mansão старинный помещичий дом или замок, представляющий исторический интерес herrgård คฤหาสน์หลังใหญ่ malikane nhà cổ 豪华古宅

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It was the custom in those days in the stately homes of England for the whole strength of the company to take their meals together.

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The words gave him an electric shock, for few were the rebellious spirits who would have dared to call the stately home of the van der Luydens gloomy.

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I moved a few paces, and then looked back, for one last view of her stately home, that I might have its outward form, at least, impressed upon my mind as indelibly as her own image, which, alas!

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Darker and more desolate seemed his stately home, and when the Fairies asked for flowers, he felt ashamed that he had none to give them.

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Phil Spencer's Stately Homes SUNDAY, CHANNEL 4, 7PM Phil Spencer returns for another grand tour of Britain's magnificent stately homes.

Have Phil of luxury

Classic Ibiza concerts were held in stately homes across the UK last summer and proved to be very popular.

Stately home to stage Classic Ibiza rave bash

A FAMILY-run company has joined the aristocracy with a deal to supply one of the country's most iconic stately homes.

Proof of the pudding's in sumptuous deal

Part of the British government backed financial services provider Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) Halifax on Friday revealed research which indicates that buying a house close to one of Britain's stately homes can cost an average of GBP41,000 more than neighbouring areas.

Halifax reveals "halo effect" worth GBP41,000 for property near a stately home

RARE antiques from one of Britain's most famous stately homes are expected to fetch PS10 million when they go under the hammer this summer.

Antiques expected to raise PS10m

Mr Mellar posted a Facebook selfie with the mansion in the background in April saying: "Stately homes are an occupational hazard, such a bore."

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Orchard Energy, which has its UK headquarters in Elland and five further offices across Britain, is working with a number of well-known stately homes and visitor attractions including Chatsworth, Harewood House and Castle Howard.

Historic contracts for energy adviser

On Castle Howard, the guide said: "Stately homes may be two a penny in England but you'll have to try pretty hard to find one as breathtakingly stately as Castle Howard."