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The art patron modeled the site off a Roman country house buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Named the Owl’s Nest, the mansion was built in 1897 as a country house for journalist William L. Crounse within the Forest Hills community.—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024 By Jonathan Samuels published 31 December 2024 The Schloss Roxburghe is an imposing 19th-century country house, once owned by the Duke of Roxburghe, located among the rolling hills and winding rivers of the Scottish Borders.—Jonathan Samuels, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Photo: courtesy of Ben Mezrich Ben and Tonya Mezrich’s country house is in rural Vermont, but because it’s ruled by their pugs, Bagel and Cream Cheese, as well as their two school-age children, its defining quality is not so much pastoral tranquility as a kind of happy domestic chaos.—Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for country house
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