stately home
noun
British
: a large and impressive old home that has an interesting history and that can usually be visited by the public
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The trailer hints at a lavish production, with Sharpe playing a mischievous Mozart, bounding through a stately home and jumping to reach a chandelier.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The stately home’s entrance hall leads into the formal living room, which sports a cast concrete fireplace surrounded by warm wood paneling.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
The Grand Finale is the third film in a trilogy that spawned from the wild popularity of ITV and PBS’ six-season show set among the halls of a grand, stately home in early 20th century England.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
About two dozen protesters were spotted on the road before the turnoff to the stately home.
—Danica Kirka, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The relationship deepened the following year, when Fangio triumphed again in France and was invited to celebrate at Moët & Chandon’s Château de Saran, a stately home where the brand now hosts guests on an invitation-only basis.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
Rising from the folds of the Peak District, Chatsworth House is a regal Georgian stately home owned by the wealthy Dukes of Devonshire—famously immortalised as ‘Pemberley’ in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
George, Martha, and their stately home are star attractions.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 July 2025
The charming 10-year-old inn is modeled after a stately home that the town’s first settler, William Mills, built in 1842.
—Sara Bliss, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The stately home’s entrance hall leads into the formal living room, which sports a cast concrete fireplace surrounded by warm wood paneling.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
The Grand Finale is the third film in a trilogy that spawned from the wild popularity of ITV and PBS’ six-season show set among the halls of a grand, stately home in early 20th century England.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
About two dozen protesters were spotted on the road before the turnoff to the stately home.
—Danica Kirka, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
The relationship deepened the following year, when Fangio triumphed again in France and was invited to celebrate at Moët & Chandon’s Château de Saran, a stately home where the brand now hosts guests on an invitation-only basis.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 July 2025
Rising from the folds of the Peak District, Chatsworth House is a regal Georgian stately home owned by the wealthy Dukes of Devonshire—famously immortalised as ‘Pemberley’ in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
George, Martha, and their stately home are star attractions.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 July 2025
The charming 10-year-old inn is modeled after a stately home that the town’s first settler, William Mills, built in 1842.
—Sara Bliss, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
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