Great house

Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire is the largest great house in the United Kingdom.[1]
Longleat House in Wiltshire, the seat of the Marquesses of Bath
Rose Hall, a great house in Jamaica

A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States.

  1. ^ Guinness Book of Records, 1966, p.175

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