stately home
Example Sentences
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He had already become the first to open an English stately home to the public, and this new venture took the securing of Longleat's financial future to a whole new level.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Roy Porter’s kaleidoscopic portrait of 18th-century England captures high and low society, from stately home to poor tenement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, from a stately home in Northamptonshire.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
The working loo, entitled America, had been on display for just two days at the 18th Century stately home, plumbed in as part of an exhibition by the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
In the distance, perched on a low rise, was an elegant, stately home with long windows and multiple chimneys.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
