as in mansions
a large impressive residence
entertained everyone at their manor house after the wedding ceremony
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Recent Examples of manor houses
The island is nestled between the two forks of Long Island and is known for its unspoiled beaches and beautiful manor houses.
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Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
What were manor houses, exactly?
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Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony.
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
This small exquisite property provides unique rooms in its two manor houses and beautiful cantilevered landscaping.
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Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
What were manor houses, exactly?
—
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Morgan and Glazer spent months traveling together through the United States, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, scouting antique fairs and dealers, flea markets, junk shops and old manor houses selling their patrimony.
—
Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
This small exquisite property provides unique rooms in its two manor houses and beautiful cantilevered landscaping.
—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Beginning around the mid-19th century, middle-class Americans began to idealize the velvety green grass of European manor houses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manor houses
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Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.
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The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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Families can choose suites accommodating up to five people (some with swim-up access) or two-bedroom villas with private pools and butler service for up to six.
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There are vertiginous views in Dubai and calm desert minimalism in Utah, where villas are sculpted into otherworldly canyons.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
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Importantly, there is little evidence today that organizations can simply add AI to existing technology estates and naturally evolve into these agentic environments.
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And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.
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More like a small city, larger than Pompeii, Hadrian’s Palace boasted a sprawling display of 30 monumental buildings, including palaces, libraries, baths, and theaters.
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King Kalakaua is said to have been inspired by the grand palaces of Europe when designing his own in the islands.
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The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
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Beach houses are the way to stay in Edisto; book one big enough to sleep the entire family and make memories to last a lifetime.
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