country house

Definition of country housenext

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Recent Examples of country house The previous owners’ blue kitchen would have to go, but Appleton and Rafter preserved the island’s stone top, the window shutters, and the black Aga stove—a staple of an English country house. — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026 Early 20th-century media tycoon Lord Beaverbrook was known for throwing legendary parties at his country house in Surrey, which hosted everyone from Hollywood royalty like Elizabeth Taylor to historical figures such as Winston Churchill. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 As the former residence of press baron Lord Beaverbrook, the English country house hotel—which recently provided the backdrop for Arsenal and England hero Declan Rice’s British Vogue shoot—has a pretty storied past. — Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026 Beaverbrook, a bucolic five-star country house hotel composed of a main manor house and storybook-style individual cottages. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for country house
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Noun
  • The Eclipse features 57 new oceanfront rooms, suites and great house suites, plus two restaurants, three bars, a market cafe, private beach and a signature Salamander Spa, something the resort brand is famous for.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There's great house drama (including a full house screaming match after Jessie's eviction and Jerry dubbing Dan as Judas).
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The developer plans to convert an office building, Rushmore One, in Ballantyne Corporate Park into five apartment buildings and seven town house buildings.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.
    — Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Opponents worry that the changes would mean less money getting invested in rural housing, precisely when housing affordability issues are hitting those areas the hardest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Amata positions its facilities as industrial cities that include not just factories, but also living facilities like housing, schools, hospitals and shopping malls.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Country house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country%20house. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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