stately home

noun

, British.

1. a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.

stately home

noun

1. a large mansion, esp one open to the public

Example Sentences

Its virtues include stately homes from the city’s heyday, a few busy downtown blocks, an art museum, a leafy campus and a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house.

From BBC

Art experts say they are delighted that a stolen painting has been returned to a stately home after being missing for 45 years.

From BBC

Queen Elizabeth I is among the former stately home's previous residents, having lived there from the age of 20 before she became queen in 1558, according to Somerset House's website.

From BBC

Somerset House will undergo a "phased reopening" this weekend after more than 100 fire crews responded to a blaze at the former stately home on Saturday.

From BBC

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?

From New York Times

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