How to Use manor house in a Sentence

manor house

noun
Definition of manor housenext
Synonyms for manor housenext
  • All of the items were found at Oxburgh Hall, a manor house in Norfolk.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The Tudor manor house was gifted to the nation at the end of the First World War.
    — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2018
  • Kahn designed the main manor house, as well as the coach house and the gatehouse on the 15-acre estate.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • They were photographed at their manor house for British Vogue in 2018.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • What’s your favorite book set in a manor house (aside from your own)?
    — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In their hometown, Simon lived in the large manor house across the river from her.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In some dude’s library in a manor house 70 miles (quite a schlep in those days) from London?
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The manor house is located at the top of a hill with sweeping views of the forested farmland.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • He’s brought to Villiam’s manor house and left there, at which point Lapvona — both the town and the novel — spin off-kilter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • The site offers a gorgeous manor house and grounds that was donated to the public in 1957.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Tudor manor house sits on 5,000 acres of countryside.
    — WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • He was born in 1752 in the family’s manor house, which stood at the end of a lane leading inland from its dock, at the mouth of the Bronx Kill.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Most of Trần’s movie is—or appears to be—about food and drink, and it is set in, around, and near a manor house in provincial France.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • To prepare for the latter, Jett and Jax have been going on practice egg hunts in the manor house's library.
    — Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2023
  • That was recorded at Richard Branson’s studio in Oxford at a place called the Manor, which was a manor house.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Thousands of pieces of art and furniture went to his manor houses.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The manor house, largely made from hamstone and brick, is divided among two floors.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Is baronet Sir Henry Baskerville bound to inherit the curse as well as the family manor house?
    — Eliza McGraw, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Nell, 19, is the kitchen maid in a manor house who is desperate for love, recognition, and freedom.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The Hotel Haikko Manor hotel oozes cozy manor house ambience and is located in the middle of a scenic park by the sea.
    — Rachel Dube, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The manor house, which is attached to the castle, retains a historical charm.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The dining room walls in the manor house featured portraits of his Preakness champions.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
  • An English manor house is not a war zone, but Kate behaves otherwise.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The oldest portion of the 1781 manor house is a log cabin believed to have been built more than seven decades earlier.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022
  • Highlights: Don’t miss the historic manor house and barn with expansive views of sheep in lush pastures at Bank Winery.
    — Jamie Moore, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
  • The Andrássy Rezidencia Wine & Spa makes its home in an 18th-century baroque manor house.
    — Eric Rosen, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The estate remained in open fields owing to debts, disagreements, and the financial strain caused by the construction of a new manor house in 1864.
    — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
  • One of his many friends, Senator José Ozámiz, had a manor house there, and Parsons set himself up in a second-story room.
    — Peter Eisner, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Runcie’s words, in her garden at Greys Court, a Tudor manor house in Oxfordshire.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Technically, a chateau is defined as a large manor house or estate.
    — Valentina Valentini, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023

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