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Belton House is an English country house in Lincolnshire. An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country.
Also a dwelling-house with a large, open room (the hall) typically with an open hearth such as the original form of the Wealden hall house. In 500, such a simple building was the residence of a lord and his retainers. This is the kind of hall which Beowulf knew. Even now, hall is the term used for a country house in midland and northern England.
Country House or The Country House may refer to: English country house, a large house or mansion in the English countryside; Country house (Spain), a type of a tourist accommodation; Country House (horse), an American racehorse "Country House" (song), a 1995 song by Blur; The Country House, 2014 play by Donald Margulies
Wentworth Woodhouse is a large rural estate, extending to 15,000 acres including the country house. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages ...
Such houses as Burghley House, Longleat House, and Hatfield House are among the best known of this period and seem today to epitomise the English country house. During the 16th century many lords of manors moved their residences from their ancient manor houses often situated next to the parish church and near or in the village and built a new ...
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence (normally in London) of someone whose main or largest residence was a country house.
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