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a house so big it required peasants just to keep the floors warm
means A large country house with its surrounding lands, historically the centre of a feudal estate.
from From Anglo-Norman 'manoir,' which descends from Latin 'manere,' to stay or dwell — so a manor is literally a 'staying place,' the spot where the lord remained while everyone else worked the surrounding fields. The same Latin root for 'remaining' quietly survives in 'permanent' and 'mansion,' all of them about staying put.
- feudal origin
- the basic economic unit of medieval England
- word root
- from Latin manere, meaning to remain or dwell
- manorial courts
- lords once held legal power over tenants
- haunted by default
- every English ghost story needs one
- upkeep
- the reason aristocrats married for money
blenheim palace — oxfordshire estate built 1705-1722, birthplace of winston churchill
pemberley — derbyshire setting of jane austen's pride and prejudice, based on real estates like chatsworth house
downton abbey — highclere castle in hampshire, the real house used for the 2010-2015 tv series and films
hatfield house — hertfordshire mansion built 1611, childhood home of elizabeth i