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The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building. [1] Other structures on the estate are also listed. Ashton Court has been the site of a manor house since the 11th century, and has been developed by a series of owners since then. From the 16th to 20th centuries it was owned by the Smyth family with each generation changing the house.
McMansion is a term for a large house in a suburban community, typically marketed to the middle class in developed countries.. Architectural historian Virginia Savage McAlester, who gave a first description of the common features which define this building style, coined the more neutral term Millennium Mansion. [1]
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
By the time Horace Trumbauer was commissioned by Peter A.B. Widener to build Lynnewood Hall, Trumbauer had already designed the Widener family's Philadelphia townhome and house in New York City. Trumbauer collaborated with the French firm Carlhian et Fils to design the mansion's interiors, utilizing large amounts of salvaged European furniture ...
Was the third mansion of P.T Barnum, was demolished in 1889 for his new mansion, Marina. Samuel Clemens House (Mark Twain) 1874 Victorian Gothic: Edward Tuckerman Potter: Hartford: Today, a museum Marina 1889 Romanesque and Queen Anne: Longstaff and Hurd: Bridgeport: Was the fourth and last mansion of P.T Barnum in Bridgeport, was demolished in ...
Mansion: a very large, luxurious house, typically associated with exceptional wealth or aristocracy, usually of more than one story, on a very large block of land or estate. Mansions usually will have many more rooms and bedrooms than a typical single-family home, including specialty rooms, such as a library, study, conservatory , theater ...
Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 – September 18, 1938) was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age, known for designing residential manors for the wealthy.. Later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and much of the campus of Duke Univer
The mansion is a three-and-a-half-story, Late Victorian style building with a five-story circular tower. A wrap around porch, steeply pitched roof, asymmetrical facade and arched front entryway are characteristic of the Queen Anne Style. The building is a balloon frame structure with a brick facade.