List of manor houses

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A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely applied to various country houses, frequently dating from the late medieval era, which formerly housed the gentry.

Denmark[]

Rosenholm Castle in Denmark

Estonia[]

See: List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia

Finland[]

France[]

Germany[]

See: List of castles, palaces and manor houses in Germany

In Great Britain and Ireland[]

Channel Islands[]

England[]

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay
Forde Abbey

Ireland[]

Northern Ireland[]

Scotland[]

Muchalls Castle, a 17th-century house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Wales[]

Latvia[]

See: List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia

Netherlands[]

  • Huis Doorn (Doorn, near Utrecht)
  • Slot Heemstede (Heemstede, near Haarlem)

Norway[]

Austråttborgen on the Trondheimsfjord is one of the oldest Norwegian manors

Poland[]

Portugal[]

  • Solar da Madre de Deus
  • Solar de Mateus
  • Solar dos Matas
  • Quinta da Regaleira
  • Solar de Sezim

Russia[]

Spain[]

Sweden[]

A manor house called Charlottenborg in Motala, Sweden

North America[]

United States[]

All manors in North America are mostly located in the United States.

Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens

Canada[]

A few manors are found in Canada and most are in Quebec:

  • Willistead Manor - Walkerville, Ontario
  • Manoir Rouville-Campbell - Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
  • Manoir Taschereau - Sainte-Marie, Quebec
  • Manoir Bleury-Bouthillier - Rosemère, Quebec
  • Manoir Louis-Joseph-Papineau - Montebello, Québec
  • Manoir Mauvide-Genest - Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec

References[]

  1. ^ "European Heritage Open days – Armagh". Retrieved 16 August 2010.[permanent dead link]

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