How to Use manor house in a Sentence

manor house

noun

• 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
• Technically, a chateau is defined as a large manor house or estate.
  — Valentina Valentini, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
• However, the activist and philanthropist is ready to hand over the keys to his stately manor house, which presides over 14 park-like acres, for a cool $22 million.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024