manor
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DePree, an actor and filmmaker, argued a 2017 agreement with Rochdale Council gave him the option to buy the manor house after securing planning permission to restore and redevelop it.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Hosted by the Duke of Richmond at his country manor, the event saw the largest stand belonging to China’s BYD, which is now taking on Europe’s storied brands on their home turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Wales, the series could showcase new places, like Llanvihangel Court, which became the Holmes family’s historic countryside manor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Her work included enlarging and remodelling the medieval manor at Hardwick, now known as Hardwick Old Hall.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
I tie up the toad, stuff my cloak into her saddlebags, and start toward the side of the manor, where I believe I will find a servants’ door.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Think of the manors in “Clue,” or “Murder By Death.”
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
Reminders of these painful histories are visible in the buildings dotting Kharkiv’s streets, from aristocratic manors to Stalinist neoclassical structures, cathedrals, monuments to poets, and modern-era cultural centers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2022
But Moorish-style manors, with horseshoe arches and keyhole windows, often sit beside boxy, white, Bauhaus-inspired villas on the coastal escarpment, so the discomfort is probably worth it.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
During these decades, ornate office buildings, regal academic buildings and grand manors sprouted across the city and the region, largely because of the ingenuity of Albert Kahn.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
He wrote more about Ayortha than I ever wished to know: how the guilds were structured; the number of gallons of milk produced in a year by one Ayorthaian cow; the construction of their manors.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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