Manor-house

Manor-house, in my place, he would have been beloved through the whole country; he would have been steward at all the races, the gayest of all the jolly huntsmen, the bien venu at all the mansions round about, where people scarce cared to perform the ceremony of welcome at sight of my glum face.

The Virginians 2006

Plaistow Manor-house or Hall was a fine brick mansion, built in the latter days of Tudor house architecture, with many gables and countless high chimneys very picturesque to the eye, but not in all respects comfortable as are the modern houses of the well-to-do squirearchy of England.

The Belton Estate 2004

Some men think he found a treasure in the orchard, some that he sold himself to the devil for treasure, and some say that he cheated the abbot out of the church plate, which was hidden in the old Manor-house at the Reformation.

Kenilworth 2004

All outside the Manor-house was as bright as well-kept walks, closely-mown turf, and flower-beds gay with the rich and tastefully blended tints of multitudes of bright and fragrant flowers, could make it.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

In the drawing-room of the Manor-house a sympathising group gathered round Mr Huntingdon and his sister, eager to know if either were seriously the worse for the alarming termination to their journey.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

The house -- such a mansion as in Ireland would be called Manor-house or

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Various

Outside the grounds in which the Manor-house stood were extensive grass lands on either side of the public road.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

In a few moments all was still again, and Miss Huntingdon continued her rounds, but, as she turned the corner of a lane which led up to the back of the Manor-house, she was startled at seeing her nephew Walter in front of her on foot, covered with mud, and leading his horse, which was limping along with difficulty, being evidently in pain.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

Now it so happened that at the time of this son's birth there was residing as a guest at the Manor-house a middle-aged gentleman reputed to be very rich.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

And now we must leave for a while the party at the Manor-house in their sadness and perplexity, and follow Amos Huntingdon himself.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson