manor house

Example Sentences

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We’re in the middle of nowhere in the north of England in an old manor house where her wedding was.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Yeates, a 25-year-old landscape architect, had recently moved into an apartment in a converted manor house when she essentially vanished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Since 2021, their wins have included all-expenses-paid holidays to Colombia and Norway, a £6,000 trip to Wrexham AFC, a Euros weekend at an English manor house and a £4,000 diamond ring.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

In the lush countryside linking off radar Corrèze to the Lot region in Southwest France, almost hugging the banks of the Dordogne river, a striking 19th-century manor house recently underwent a dramatic reconstruction.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall