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The Old Manor House, also known as Nell Gywnne's House, is a historic building in the Clifton area of York in England. Two timber-framed tenement buildings, each of two storeys, were built on the site at some point between the 14th and 16th centuries. [1] In the late 17th century, it was largely rebuilt in brick, in the artisan mannerist style ...
In France, the terms château or manoir are often used synonymously to describe a French manor house; maison-forte is the appellation for a strongly fortified house, which may include two sets of enclosing walls, drawbridges, and a ground-floor hall or salle basse that was used to receive peasants and commoners.
The Old Manor House is a novel by Charlotte Smith, first published in 1793. [1] The plot tells the love story of a gentleman, Orlando Somerive, and his aunt's servant, Monimia Morysine. The novel blends gothic, sentimental, and political narrative techniques [ 2 ] [ 3 ] to present a "polemical romance," [ 4 ] depicting the American revolution ...
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
Ince Castle. Killigarth Manor. Lanhydrock House. Lanteglos Country House Hotel (formerly Lanteglos by Camelford rectory) Lawrence House. Manor of Alverton. Mount Edgcumbe House. Pencarrow. Pengersick Castle.
Mitford Old Manor House. Mitford Old Manor House is an historic English manor house at Mitford, Northumberland, and is a Grade II* listed building. [ 1] The Manor of Mitford was held from ancient times by the Mitford family . The Manor House previously stood, adjacent to the old church of St Mary Magdalene, on the eastern side of the River ...
Chenies Manor House in the parish of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, England, is a Tudor Grade I listed building [1] once known as Chenies Palace, although it was never a royal seat nor the seat of a bishop. It was held by the Cheney family since 1180 and passed by marriage successively to the Semark and Sapcote families and thence in 1526 to the ...
Wimbledon Manor House. Wimbledon manor house; the residence of the lord of the manor, was an English country house at Wimbledon, Surrey, now part of Greater London. The manor house was over the centuries exploded, burnt and several times demolished. The first known manor house, The Old Rectory was built around 1500 still stands as a private ...