countryseat

American  

[kuhn-tree-seet] / ˈkʌn triˌsit /

noun

British.

1. a country mansion or estate, especially one belonging to a distinguished family and large enough to accommodate house parties, hunt meetings, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of countryseat

First recorded in 1575–85; country + seat

Example Sentences

From the sumptuous isolation of his 70-room countryseat in Surrey, Billionaire J. Paul Getty, 70, told BBC tellyviewers how awful it was to be rich.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the driver pointed out to them the countryseat, the park of which stretched away from the abbey, and he advised them to take a little path and follow the walls surrounding it.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

It was formerly the countryseat of the Hamilton family, from which a district of West Philadelphia east of Fortieth Street and south of Market Street took the name of Hamilton Village.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

Unquestionably the most notable mansion of hewn stone in Greater Philadelphia is Cliveden, the countryseat of the Chew family, located in extensive grounds at Germantown Avenue and Johnson streets, Germantown.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

"Wister's Big House" was the first countryseat in Germantown.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank