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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:
The manor house was built circa 1810, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay-wide, stone dwelling with a gable roof. The 1809 stone kitchen building was attached to the main house around 1890, and was built by John Ross (1770–1834), who served as a U.S. Congressman.
The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor.
The Elkins Estate is a 42-acre (170,000 m 2) estate located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States. The estate contains seven buildings, the most notable being Elstowe Manor and Chelten House, which are historic mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer .
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Pennsbury Manor is the colonial estate of William Penn, founder and proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who lived there from 1699 to 1701. He left it and returned to England in 1701, where he died penniless in 1718. Following his departure and financial woes, the estate fell into numerous hands and disrepair.
Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism; Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor; Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary ...