Grand and Great houses
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Grand and Great houses are building of nobility and royalty such as palaces, chateaux, stately home, manor house, Schloss, Residenz.
Europe
France
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address: Versailles
Germany
A Schloss (pre 1998 spelling in Germany and Austria Schloß) is usually a representative building that serves either as the main residence of a minor blue blood or a secondary residence of a higher ranking blue blood whereas a Residenz is the main residence and usually in the capital.United Kingdom
Chatsworth HouseMassive and spectacular late-17th-century stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (inspiration for Pemberley, apparently), open to public, pay for parking but with free access to surrounding area (flat riverside ambles, wooded hillside trails, famous fountain. Restaurants, at old stables, cafe at car park in grounds.
- Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
- Cragside, Northumberland - A later 19th century Grand house constructed by the 1st Baron Amstrong, it was one of the first houses in England to be lit by hydro-electric power.
- Belenhim Palace, Oxfordshire- Although widely known as a birthplace a certain Winston Spencer Churchill, this extensive house and estate has been the ancestreal seat of the Dukes of Malborough since the 16th Century.
See also
- Castles - Medieval
- Fortifications