stately home
noun
British
: a large and impressive old home that has an interesting history and that can usually be visited by the public
Examples of stately home in a Sentence
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Today, the Victorian villa vibes remain; guests will feel more like a guest of a stately home than a hotel.
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Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
My first apartment in SLC was in a stately home built on 700 East for a polygamous family — or so said the landlord.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 July 2024
After more than a decade of first being under house arrest in a British stately home, then in the Ecuadorian embassy, then a high security prison, the WikiLeaks founder is home and free, having struck a plea deal with the U.S authorities, Mel reported Monday.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 June 2024
The stately home the exhibits sit in is full of historic documents, art, furniture, and photographs that chronicle the rich community of free people of color in New Orleans.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
The estate and the 150-room mansion are not open to the public, but the movie’s devotees have discovered a public trail through the property that allows them to Instagram photos of themselves in front of the stately home.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2024
Sometimes, such a find comes with a mystery: How the heck did the woman make her way from Burghley House, a stately home near Peterborough, England, to a shallow grave 300 yards away?
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Ritchie eventually chose the stately home of Basildon Park, Berkshire in the U.K. for that film.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
So what a thing to have someone dance in a movie through a stately home, naked, celebrating.
—Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
My first apartment in SLC was in a stately home built on 700 East for a polygamous family — or so said the landlord.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 July 2024
After more than a decade of first being under house arrest in a British stately home, then in the Ecuadorian embassy, then a high security prison, the WikiLeaks founder is home and free, having struck a plea deal with the U.S authorities, Mel reported Monday.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 June 2024
The stately home the exhibits sit in is full of historic documents, art, furniture, and photographs that chronicle the rich community of free people of color in New Orleans.
—Jaha Nailah Avery, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2024
The estate and the 150-room mansion are not open to the public, but the movie’s devotees have discovered a public trail through the property that allows them to Instagram photos of themselves in front of the stately home.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2024
Sometimes, such a find comes with a mystery: How the heck did the woman make her way from Burghley House, a stately home near Peterborough, England, to a shallow grave 300 yards away?
—Victor Mather, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Ritchie eventually chose the stately home of Basildon Park, Berkshire in the U.K. for that film.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
So what a thing to have someone dance in a movie through a stately home, naked, celebrating.
—Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
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