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Reality TV show recreating life in an Edwardian manor house. Timelines TV Interactive video timeline of British history with section on medieval manors. UK Manor House news blog; Estonian Manors Portal – the English version gives the brief overview of 438 best preserved manor houses in Estonia.
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 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.
Birmingham Manor House; Blackden Manor; Blackpan Manor; Bloxworth House; Bonchurch Manor; Borthwood Manor; Boston Manor House; Manor of Bradwall; Braithwaite Hall; Branston Manor; Briddlesford Manor; Bromwich Hall - The Manor House Museum; Burderop Park; Burkham House; Burnt Norton (house) Burton Court, Eardisland; Manor of Byng
During the 20th century, the dispersal of a country house's contents became a frequent event. The sale of Mentmore Towers' contents highlighted the issue.. Two years before the beginning of World War I, on 4 May 1912, the British magazine Country Life carried a seemingly unremarkable advertisement: the roofing balustrade and urns from the roof of Trentham Hall could be purchased for £200. [9]
Buildings surviving from this period included moated manor houses of which Ightham Mote is a notable late medieval example, and Wealden hall houses such as Alfriston Clergy House. Tintagel Old Post Office is a 14th-century manor house in a part of the country where stone was the typical building material for better houses.
The English manor known as Luckington Court was used as the Bennet family home. The 11th-Century English Manor That Starred in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Just Listed for $7.2 Million Skip to main ...
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.