stately home
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Roy Porter’s kaleidoscopic portrait of 18th-century England captures high and low society, from stately home to poor tenement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The festival at the Oxfordshire stately home will run between 27 June and 1 July, organisers have announced.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The grounds of a Georgian stately home in Essex will host the BBC radio station's flagship event, which has been an annual fixture since 2011.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, from a stately home in Northamptonshire.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
In the distance, perched on a low rise, was an elegant, stately home with long windows and multiple chimneys.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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