manor
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Her work included enlarging and remodelling the medieval manor at Hardwick, now known as Hardwick Old Hall.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
His father Gyozo Orban, who is 85, owns several building material companies as well as the historic Hatvanpuszta estate he had rebuilt into a luxurious manor worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
A classic manor house mystery, which revived the genre when it became a hit in 2019, “Knives Out” is the ideal blend of mystery and wit, with a cast of characters to keep you company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
An area on the ground floor of the manor was being set up as a welcome center, gift shop, café and mini-theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
A handsome manor house grew out of the darkness at the end of the straight drive, lights glinting in the diamond-paned downstairs windows.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Think of the manors in “Clue,” or “Murder By Death.”
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
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
Alongside alluring beaches, the remnants of those manors stand today, many of them in various stages of crumbling.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
The protagonist of James’s era — the scholar in his dim library — was supplanted in our imaginations by curious young women roaming gloomy manors and innocently unleashing hell.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 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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