stately home
Example Sentences
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The origins of the breed are uncertain, but the clues link it to a former stately home at the centre of Sherwood Forest.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
About 11 names have been found scribbled high up in the Great Hall of the stately home in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, by art restorers working on the paintings.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
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
The artwork, called America, was taken from the stately home in Oxfordshire in the early hours of 14 September 2019, two days after it went on display.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 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
