English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house...
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Look up country house in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Country House or The Country House may refer to: English country house, a large house or mansion...
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help. West Country English is a group of English language varieties and accents used by much of the native population of the West Country, an area found...
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"Country House" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, The Great Escape...
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The destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain was the result of a change in social conditions: many country houses of varying architectural...
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for sporting events organised by the owners of English country houses if they did not own a country house themselves, and therefore they required practical...
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Many English country houses have experienced a change of use and are no longer privately occupied. Escowbeck Finedon Hall Hazelwood Hall Runshaw Hall Thurland...
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various English country houses, mostly at the smaller end of the spectrum, sometimes dating from the Late Middle Ages, which currently or formerly house the...
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Estate (land) (redirect from Country estate)
States and England is that "American country estates, unlike English ones, rarely, if ever, supported the house." American estates have always been about...
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around the world in the 19th century. The English landscape garden was usually centred on the English country house, and many examples in the United Kingdom...
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The English House is a book of design and architectural history written by German architect Hermann Muthesius and first published in German as Das englische...
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English has ceased to be an "English language" in the sense of belonging only to people who are ethnically English. Use of English is growing country-by-country...
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Parliament of England (redirect from English Parliament)
representatives—the burgesses—to the House of Commons. Over the centuries, the English Parliament progressively limited the power of the English monarchy, a process that...
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Audley End House is a largely early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is a prodigy house, known as one of the finest...
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A country house poem is a poem in which the author compliments a wealthy patron or a friend through a description of his country house. Such poems were...
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Pitzhanger Manor (redirect from Pitzhanger Manor House)
Pitzhanger Manor is an English country house famous as the home of neoclassical architect, Sir John Soane. Built between 1800 and 1804 in what is now...
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House (1030202)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 November 2014. Turner, Roger, Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape...
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British and Irish country house contents auctions are usually held on site at the country house, and have been used to raise funds for their owners, usually...
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Cottage (redirect from English Cottage)
vacation house. In everyday talk, Swedes refer to their cottages as lantstället (the country house) or stugan (the cottage). Most vacation houses in Sweden...
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mansion by Nikolaus Pevsner, "one of the best-kept secrets of the English country house world" by architectural historian Gervase Jackson-Stops, and (affectionately)...
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Trent Park (redirect from Trent Park Country Park)
Trent Park is an English country house in north London, accompanied by its former extensive grounds. The original great house, along with several statues...
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The Edwardian Country House is a British historical reenactment reality television miniseries produced by Channel 4. First aired weekly in the UK beginning...
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Mentmore Towers (redirect from Mentmore Golf and Country Club)
Towers, historically known simply as "Mentmore", is a 19th-century English country house built between 1852 and 1854 for the Rothschild family in the village...
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the house", like the common name a reference to its association with humans. The house sparrow is also called by a number of alternative English names...
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Motion Picture & Television Fund (redirect from Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital)
board purchased the parcel that same year to build the Motion Picture Country House. To offset the costs for the first buildings, which were designed by...
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Square, (1728) and St Paul's, Deptford. The first fully Baroque English country house was built to a design by William Talman at Chatsworth, commenced...
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Pub (redirect from English pub)
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The...
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Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It is a historic Grade I listed building. The house is located on the...
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Lake House is an Elizabethan country house dating from 1578, in Wilsford cum Lake in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Salisbury. It...
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Glyndebourne (redirect from Glyndebourne House)
is an English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The house, located...
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