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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.
The manor on which the castle was situated was termed the caput of the barony, thus every true ancient defensive castle was also the manor house of its own manor. The suffix "-Castle" was also used to name certain manor houses, generally built as mock castles, but often as houses rebuilt on the site of a former true castle:
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.
This category attempts to list all manor houses (a type of country house) in England. Pages in category "Manor houses in England" The following 198 pages are in this ...
Fortified manor house built by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, friend and advisor to King Edward I. It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283. Boscobel House and The Royal Oak: Manor house and Oak tree 1632 and Unknown planting Complete and damaged
more images: Roseland Manor (also known as the Strawberry Banks Manor House) 1887: Châteauesque Queen Anne: Arthur Crooks: Hampton: Destroyed by fire in 1985 [144] [144] more images: Maymont: 1893: Victorian: Edgerton S. Rogers: Richmond: Today, a historic house museum and arboretum [145] [68] more images. Poplar Hill (also known as the ...
In 2003, Saltford Manor was the winner of a contest sponsored by Country Life to find the "oldest continuously inhabited house in Britain". There were hundreds of entrants, many eliminated because they had been built as ecclesiastical buildings and only become available in the housing market after Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries .
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.