stately home

noun

British

: a large and impressive old home that has an interesting history and that can usually be visited by the public

Examples of stately home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Polished residences linked to lumber tycoons rarely find their way to market, which is one of the things that makes this stately home in Houston‘s exclusive gated enclave of Courtlandt Place highly notable. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2025

Like Courvoisier’s adjoining visitor center, the stately home overlooks the Charente River, which is lined with trees. —Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024

Bullied at school, Leo is invited to stay with a friend at his family's stately home. —The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024

Their first home there, now part of the private Ford Field and River Club, came up for sale earlier this year for $4.5 million, and now, just a few hundred yards away, another stately home has splashed onto the market for $5.2 million. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024

Soon, Philipp was promoted to serve as the magistrate of a town nearby, and the Grimms moved into a stately home staffed with maids, a cook, and a coachman. —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Since those virtual parties, the gin brand has thrived in the niche gin market, using botanicals from the orangery at the stately home’s garden, or tapping into history to create new versions. —Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024

Running primetime shows that can’t win a million viewers per night is like allowing termites to keep nibbling away at the wood that undergirds a stately home. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024

At the time of her occupation, Zillow rental estimates gave the stately home a $53,271-per-month price tag. —Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2024

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