country house

noun

: a house and especially a mansion in the country

Examples of country house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Porter oversaw the maisonette’s completion, sourcing paneling from European townhouses, castles, and country houses to bestow generational gravitas to this brand-new home. —Robert Khederian, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025

And shortly before Starovoit’s suicide, the vice governor of the Leningrad region was found dead with a gunshot wound in a country house. —Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025

Photographer Sam Rock took over Wolterton Hall to shoot the campaign faces around the large country house, from the drawing rooms and bedrooms to the green fields. —Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025

The Reading Chronicle reported in August 2024 that signs for Coopers Chase Retirement Village were spotted at the Englefield Estate in West Berkshire, an Elizabethan country house that has been the site of other popular movies and shows, including The Crown and The King’s Speech. —Francesca Gariano, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for country house

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• slaughterhouse