manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. 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 w ...

was historically the main residence of the

lord of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a

manor Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...

in the European

feudal system Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...

; within its

great hall A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages, and continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great ...

were held the lord's

manorial court The manorial courts were the lowest courts of law in England during the feudal period. They had a civil jurisdiction limited both in subject matter and geography. They dealt with matters over which the lord of the manor had jurisdiction, primarily ...

s, 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 Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies ''Gentry'', in its widest ...

Denmark

* Berritzgaard Manor *

Børglum Abbey Børglum Abbey was an important Premonstratensian abbey of medieval Denmark, located in Børglum parish, in the commune of Hjørring, approximately five kilometers east of Løkken in north central Jutland (Region Nordjylland) from the 12th centu ...

* Clausholm Castle *

Dragsholm Castle Dragsholm Castle ( da, Dragsholm Slot) is a historic building in Zealand, Denmark. For about 800 years there has been a building on the islet by the “drag”. From the original palace over the medieval castle to the current baroque style, Dragsh ...

* Egeskov Castle *

Fuglsang Manor Fuglsang is a 19th-century manor house now operated by Det Classenske Fideicommis as a cultural centre as an active agricultural estate at Toreby on the island of Lolland, in southeastern Denmark. The estate was owned by members of the de Neergaar ...

Gavnø Castle Gavnø is a small island off the west coast of Zealand in Næstved Municipality, Denmark. Located some 6 km south-west of Næstved, it has an area of 5.6 km2, and, as of 1 January 2010, it has a population of 57. Gavnø Castle Gavnø ...

Glorup Manor Glorup is a manor house located between Nyborg and Svendborg in the south-east of the Danish island Funen. Rebuilt to the design of Nicolas-Henri Jardin and his pupil Christian Josef Zuber in 1763–65, it is considered one of the finest Baroque ...

* Krogerup Manor *

Nysø Manor Nysø Manor, located near Præstø in the southeast of the Danish island of Sealand, was built in 1673 for Jens Lauridsen, a local functionary. It now houses the Thorvaldsen Collection, a group of works by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, w ...

* Rosenholm Castle *

Skjoldenæsholm Castle Skjoldenæsholm Castle is a manor house located 11 kilometres north-east of Ringsted, Denmark, standing on the west side of one of the many lakes which dominate the area. The Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical main building, possibly by Phili ...

Svanholm Manor Svanholm is a country estate and former manor west of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1978 an association of over 100 persons bought the estate to create Denmark's largest intentional community. The Svanholm collective grows its own food and was one ...

* Vemmetofte Convent * Gammel Estrup

Estonia

:''See: List of palaces and manor houses in Estonia''

Finland

* Malmgård * Numlax * Sarvlax * Stensböle * Esbogård * Träskända * Alberga * Vuojoki * Sjundby * Svidja * Qvidja * Kankas * Villnäs

France

Germany

''See: List of castles, palaces and manor houses in Germany'' * Gut Altenhof in Dänischer Wohld *

Schloss Bothmer Schloss Bothmer is a Baroque palatial manor house ensemble in northern Germany. It was built for Count Hans Caspar von Bothmer to designs by architect Johann Friedrich Künnecke in 1726–32. It remained the property of the Bothmer family until 1 ...

Klütz Klütz () is a town in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea coast, 22 km northwest of Wismar, and 33 km northeast of Lübeck. It is famous for the manor house Bo ...

* Gut Blomenburg in

Selent Selent is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated at the southern bank of the Selenter See The Selenter See () is the second-largest lake in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein, after the ...

* Gut Brodau in

Ostholstein Ostholstein (; da, Østholsten) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Stormarn, Segeberg and Plön, the Baltic Sea and the city of Lübeck. History The district was es ...

* Gut Emkendorf in Emkendorf * Essenrode Manor in Essenrode *

Schloss Glücksburg ''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cogna ...

on Angeln * Gut Knoop in Dänischer Wohld * Gut Krummbek * Gut Panker in

* Gut Projensdorf in Dänischer Wohld * Gut Salzau in

Fargau-Pratjau Fargau-Pratjau is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Between 1990 and 2011, the Jazz Baltica Jazz Baltica is a jazz festival which was started in 1990. Up until 2011 it was held every summer in Schloss Sal ...

* Gut Wahlstorf in Otterndorf * Gut Wellingsbüttel * Gut Wotersen in

Herzogtum Lauenburg Herzogtum Lauenburg ( en, Duchy of Lauenburg; ) is the southernmost ''Kreis'', or district, officially called Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg (), of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bordered by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Stormarn ...

Schloss Ahrensburg Schloss Ahrensburg (Ahrensburg Palace) is a former ''Herrenhaus'' (mansion) and is today referred to as a ''Schloss''. It is located in Ahrensburg in southern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, not far from the city of Hamburg. History Previous struct ...

Ahrensburg Ahrensburg () is a town in the district of Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located northeast of Hamburg and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Its population is around 31,000. ''Schloss Ahrensburg'', the town's symbol, is ...

Nütschau Priory Nütschau Priory (in German Kloster Nütschau or Priorat Sankt Ansgar) is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. History Nütschau is the northernmost Benedictine mon ...

in Travenbrück * Rittergut Kürbitz *

Villa Haas Villa Haas is a historical villa in the small city of Sinn, Hesse located at the western edge of the Hörre in Germany (Lahn-Dill-Kreis). The villa, the park and the surrounding streets "Hansastrasse / Rudolfstrasse" are cultural monuments due to ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

In Great Britain and Ireland

Channel Islands

Sausmarez Manor Sausmarez Manor is a historic house in Saint Martin, Guernsey. The original manor house The first mention of the Sausmarez family in Guernsey is at the consecration of the Vale church in 1117 attended by Guillaume de Sausmarez, followed by ...

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

Samarès Manor Samarès Manor ( Jèrriais: ''Mangni d'Sanmathès'') is a manor house with medieval origins in the Vingtaine de Samarès, in the parish of St. Clement in Jersey, and is the traditional home of the Seigneur de Samarès. The name Samarès is an ol ...

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

Les Augrès Manor Les Augrès Manor is a manor house on ''La Profonde Rue'' in the Vingtaine de Rozel in the parish of Trinity in Jersey. The present building mostly dates from the 19th century, although the site has medieval origins. It is a listed building. T ...

, Jersey * Longueville Manor, Jersey * Saint Ouen's Manor, Jersey * Sark Manor, Sark

England

Ireland

* Dunboy Castle, is located on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland *

Ballylickey Ballylickey or Ballylicky () is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey. Tourism There is a caravan park at Eagle Point. The Seavie ...

Manor House on Bantry Bay * Temple House, Ballymote,

County Sligo County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local ...

* Mount Juliet Estate Manor House, Country Kilkenny * Temple House Manor,

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

* Bunratty House, County Clare

Northern Ireland

* Killadeas, 'Manor House Hotel',

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

Richhill Castle Richhill Castle is a 17th-century Grade A listed country house in the large village of Richhill, in the townland of Legacorry, Armagh, Northern Ireland roughly halfway between Armagh and Portadown. It is a two-storey building with a gabled atti ...

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

Scotland

Brodie Castle Brodie Castle is a well-preserved Z plan castle located about west of Forres, in Moray, Scotland. The castle is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. The Bro ...

* Drum Castle, started as a 13th-century tower house. *

Foulis Castle Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops. The castle was held by the Clan Munro from the ...

* Haddo House * House of Dun * Inveresk Manor House * Lingo House *

Monboddo House Monboddo House () is a historically famous mansion in The Mearns, Scotland. The structure was generally associated with the Burnett of Leys family. The property itself was owned by the Barclay family from the 13th century, at which time a to ...

Muchalls Castle Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of ...

* Raasay

Wales

Bodysgallen Hall Bodysgallen Hall is a manor house in Conwy county borough, north Wales, near the village of Llanrhos. Since 2008 the house has been owned by The National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building, currently used as a hotel. This listed historical b ...

near Conwy Castle *

Gwydir Castle Gwydir Castle is situated in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile to the west of the ancient market town of Llanrwst and to the south of the large village of Trefriw. An example of a fortified manor house dating back to c1500, it is located on the ...

, Conwy valley,

North Wales , area_land_km2 = 6,172 , postal_code_type = Postcode , postal_code = LL, CH, SY , image_map1 = Wales North Wales locator map.svg , map_caption1 = Six principal areas of Wales common ...

Weobley Castle Weobley Castle may refer to: *Weobley Castle, Herefordshire *Weobley Castle, Gower See also *Weoley Castle Weoley Castle is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The area is part of the Weoley local authority elec ...

, Gower *

Tretower Court Tretower Court () is a medieval fortified manor house in Wales, situated in the village of Tretower, near Crickhowell in modern-day Powys, previously within the historical county of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. Local & national importance T ...

near Crickhowell * Llancaiach fawr near Abercynon and Ystrad Mynach

Latvia

:''See:

List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia This is a list of palaces and manor houses in Latvia built after the 16th century. Palaces and manors which are now part of the Zemgale region were then part of the Selonia region, and therefore are differentiated for clarity. This list does not ...

Netherlands

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

Norway

* Austrått Castle * Fritzøehus Castle *

Damsgård Manor Damsgård Manor ( no, Damsgård hovedgård) is a landmark manor and estate in Bergen, Norway. It is noted for its distinct rococo style and is possibly the best preserved wooden building from 18th-century Europe. History The area surrounding the ...

Eidsvollsbygningen Eidsvollsbygningen (Literally: ''The Eidsvoll building'') is a historic manor house located at Eidsvoll in Viken county, Norway. The building is where the Constitution of Norway was signed on 17 May 1814. The estate is now owned by The State of No ...

* Fossum hovedgård *

Frogner Manor Frogner Manor (''Frogner Hovedgård'') is a manor house and former estate in today's borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway. The estate comprised most of the modern borough of Frogner, which has been named after the estate, and Frognerseteren with ...

* Frogner Hovedgård (Skien) * Linderud gård *

Jarlsberg Manor Jarlsberg Hovedgård Jarlsberg Manor (Norwegian: Jarlsberg Hovedgård) is a manor three kilometres northwest of the centre of the town of Tønsberg in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. It has traditionally been the residence of members of the Wedel-Jar ...

* Store Milde Hovedgård

Poland

Abbot's Palace (Oliwa) The Abbots' Palace in Oliwa ( pl, Pałac Opatów w Oliwie) is a rococo palace in Oliwa, a quarter of Gdańsk (Danzig). The first portion of the palace, the "Old Palace" was constructed in the 15th century. Later, in the first half of the sixteen h ...

* Bachorza manor *

Branicki Palace, Białystok Branicki Palace ( pl, Pałac Branickich) is a historical edifice in Białystok, Poland. It was developed on the site of an earlier building in the first half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens Branicki, a wealthy Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth he ...

Castle in Pszczyna Pszczyna Castle (Polish: ''Zamek w Pszczynie'', German: ''Schloss Pleß''), is a classical-style palace in the city of Pszczyna in southwestern Poland. Constructed as a castle in 13th century or earlier, in a Gothic architecture, Gothic architectu ...

Czerniejewo Czerniejewo (german: Schwarzenau) is a town and municipality in central Poland with 2,654 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in Gniezno County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Poznań Voivodeship (197 ...

Dzików Castle Dzików Castle or Tarnowski Family Castle in Dzików ( pl, Zamek Tarnowskich w Dzikowie) is a 15th-century (or perhaps a 14th-century) castle located in Tarnobrzeg, Poland. It is set in a park complex with gardens. History The building of the c ...

Jabłonna Palace Jabłonna Palace ( pl, Pałac w Jabłonnie) is a palace, hotel and publicly accessible park-complex in Jabłonna near Warsaw in Poland whose uses include conferences and weddings. History During the Middle Ages, Jabłonna was the property of th ...

* Krasiczyn Palace * Kozłówka Palace * Krasków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *

Kurozwęki Palace Kurozwęki Palace ( pl, Pałac Kurozwęki: la, Castrum Curoswank) is a Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century unt ...

* Książ *

Łańcut Castle Łańcut Castle is a complex of historical buildings located in Łańcut, Poland. Historically the residence of the Pilecki, Lubomirski and Potocki families, the complex includes a number of buildings and is surrounded by a park. The castle is o ...

Nieborów Nieborów is a village in Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nieborów. It lies approximately east of Łowicz and north-east of the regional capital Łód ...

Owińska Owińska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwonak, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Czerwonak and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village ...

Pabianice Pabianice is a city in central Poland with 63,023 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County. It lies about southwest of Łódź and belongs to the metropolitan area of that city. It is the ...

* Pawłowice *

Pławowice Pławowice is a hamlet lying within the Voivodeship of Małopolska and the County of Proszowice. The river Szreniawa runs alongside Pławowice and its municipal capital of Nowe Brzesko is found 5 km away in the direction of Kraków. At pre ...

* Przeworsk *

Przyszowice Przyszowice (German ''Preiswitz'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gierałtowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village has a population of 3,199. It lies approximately north-east of Gi ...

* Racot * Rogalin *

Rydzyna Castle The Rydzyna Castle is a Baroque castle in Rydzyna, Poland. It was built in the beginning of the 15th century by Jan of Czernina. At the end of the 17th century, Italian architects Joseph Simon Bellotti and Pompeo Ferrari erected the present Bar ...

Śmiełów Śmiełów is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Żerków, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Żerków, north of Jarocin, and south-east of the regional c ...

Świerklaniec Świerklaniec (; german: Neudeck) is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland. Formerly, from 1975—1998, Świerklaniec was a part of the Katowice Voivodeship. Geography Świerklaniec lies approx ...

Sztynort Sztynort (german: Groß Steinort) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies ap ...

* Turew *

Walewice Walewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland, on the Bzura River. It lies approximately west of Łowicz and north of the regional capital Łódź. It is ...

Wilanów Palace Wilanów Palace ( pl, Pałac w Wilanowie, ) is a former royal palace located in the Wilanów district of Warsaw, Poland. Wilanów Palace survived Poland's partitions and both World Wars, and so serves as a reminder of the culture of the Polish ...

* Żelazowa Wola

Portugal

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

Russia

Arkhangelskoe Estate Aug2012 buildings 03

Abramtsevo Abramtsevo (russian: Абрамцево) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Abramtsevo (selo), Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast, a '' selo'' in Sinkovskoye Rural Settlement of Dmitrovsky District in Moscow Oblast; * Abramtsev ...

* Arkhangelskoye * Grebnevo * Kuskovo *

Ligovo Ligovo (russian: Лигово) is a historical area of the federal city of Saint Petersburg (Russia). It is located in the southern part of the city on the road leading to Petergof. A settlement of east Slavs existed on the site of modern Ligovo f ...

* Meyendorf * Muranovo * Ostankino *

Priory Palace Priory Palace (russian: Приоратский дворец) is an original palace in the formerly royal town of Gatchina (Гатчина), Leningrad oblast, Northwest Russia, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. It was built in 1799 by the architect N. ...

Ropsha Ropsha ( rus, Ропша, p=ˈropʂə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, settlement in Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated about south of Petergof, Peterhof and south ...

Rozhdestveno Rozhdestveno: * Rozhdestveno (Moscow Metro) * Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate The Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate () is a writer's house museum and park near Siverskaya, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, that commemorates the most famous owner o ...

* Sergiyevka * Strelna *

Tarkhany Tarkhany ( rus, Тарха́ны, p=tɐˈrxanɨ) is a Writer's house museum in a Russian estate where the Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) spent his childhood and was buried. The late 18th Century–early 19th Century estate is loc ...

Yasnaya Polyana Yasnaya Polyana ( rus, Я́сная Поля́на, p=ˈjasnəjə pɐˈlʲanə, literally: "Bright Glade") is a writer's house museum, the former home of the writer Leo Tolstoy. Bartlett, p. 25 It is southwest of Tula, Russia, and from Mosco ...

Yelagin Palace Yelagin Palace (Елагин дворец; also ''Yelaginsky'' or ''Yelaginoostrovsky Dvorets'') is a Palladian villa on Yelagin Island in Saint Petersburg, which served as a royal summer palace during the reign of Alexander I. The villa was desi ...

* Znamenka (residence)

Spain

* Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares *

Archbishop's Palace, Seville The Archbishop's Palace of Seville (Palacio Arzobispal) is a palace in Seville, Spain. It has served as the residence of bishops and archbishops of the episcopal sees and numerous nobleman and military figures to the present time. It is located in ...

Alcázar of Toledo The Alcázar of Toledo ( es, Alcázar de Toledo, ) is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. It is a large quadrangular building measuring 60 meters on a side, framed by four large towers 60 meters high, each crowned ...

Alcázar of Seville The Royal Alcázars of Seville ( es, Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), historically known as al-Qasr al-Muriq (, ''The Verdant Palace'') and commonly known as the Alcázar of Seville (), is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, built for the Christian ...

Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos (Spanish for "Castle of the Christian Monarchs"), also known as the Alcázar of Córdoba, is a medieval ''alcázar'' () located in the Historic centre of Córdoba, historic centre of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba ...

Alcázar of Segovia The Alcázar of Segovia ("Segovia Castle") is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain. Rising out on a rocky crag at the western end of the old town, above the confluence of rivers Eresma and Clamores at ...

Cortijo de Miraflores Cortijo de Miraflores is a historical building in the Pilar Miraflores neighborhood of Marbella, Spain. It originated in the ''cortijo'' built in 1706 by Tomás Francisco Domínguez y Godoy on the ruins of a former farming estate. the building h ...

* Cortijo Jurado *

Liria Palace The Liria Palace (Spanish: ''Palacio de Liria'') is a neoclassical palace in Madrid, Spain. It is the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Alba. History Built around 1770 to a design by the architect Ventura Rodríguez, it was commissioned by Jam ...

* Palace of Zarzuela *

Palace of Moncloa The Palace of Moncloa or Moncloa Palace ( es, Palacio de la Moncloa) is the official residence An official residence is the House, residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, Clergy, religious leader, leaders of international o ...

Palace of the Borgias The Palace of the Borgias (officially and in Valencian, Palau de les Corts Valencianes, Palau de Benicarló or Palau dels Borja) is an aristocratic palace of Catalan Gothic and Renaissance styles located in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is now t ...

Pazo de Meirás Pazo de Meirás is a pazo (manor house) in Sada, Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It was built in the 19th century in a revivalist style. It is best known as the former summer residence of General and dictator Francisco Franco. History C ...

* Royal Palace of Madrid * Royal Palace of El Pardo *

Royal Palace of Aranjuez The Royal Palace of Aranjuez ( es, Palacio Real de Aranjuez) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. It is located in the town of Aranjuez (Madrid), Spain. Established in the 16th century as a royal hunting lodge, the pala ...

* Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso *

Royal Palace of Riofrío The Royal Palace of Riofrío ( es, Palacio Real de Riofrío, ) is one of the residences of Spanish royal family. It is under the management of ''Patrimonio Nacional'', a government agency dedicated to the care and maintenance of properties owned ...

Royal Palace of La Almudaina The Royal Palace of La Almudaina (, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Categorized as an Alcázar (fortified palace), it is located in Palma, the capital city of the Island of Mallorca, Spain. History This imposing ...

Sweden

Augerum Augerum is a village in Karlskrona Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It is the site of Augerum Manor () and Augerum Church () in the Diocese of Lund. Augerum Church is located next to the Lyckebyån river. The church building, designed ...

* Charlottenborg * Djupadals * Elleholms * Göholms *

Halltorp Halltorp was one of the earliest manor on the island of Öland, Sweden, dating from the 11th century AD. In early documents it is known as Hauldtorp, and it is cited as one of the early Viking era settlements of Öland. From early times it ha ...

* Harpsund * Marielund *

Övralid Övralid is a manor house located north of Motala in Östergötland County, Sweden. History Övralid was erected between 1923 and 1925 by poet, writer, and Nobel Prize laureate Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940). He was awarded the Nobel P ...

* Skärva * Ström * Tromtö

North America

United States

All manors in North America are mostly located in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

Old Westbury Gardens __NOTOC__ Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted in ...

* Arlington *

Biltmore Estate Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), the main residence, is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 a ...

Berkeley Berkeley most often refers to: *Berkeley, California, a city in the United States **University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California * George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher Berkeley may also refer ...

* Berry Hill *

Bloedel Reserve The Bloedel Reserve is a forest garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States. It was created by Virginia and Prentice Bloedel, the vice-chairman of the lumber company MacMillan Bloedel Limited, under the influence of the conservatio ...

Boone Hall Boone Hall Plantation is a historic district located in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The most important historic structures in the district are the bri ...

Brandon Brandon may refer to: Names and people *Brandon (given name), a male given name * Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins Places Australia *Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales *Brandon, Q ...

* Bremo * Evelynton * Gunston Hall *

Oheka Castle Oheka Castle, also known as the Otto Kahn Estate, is a hotel located on the North Shore of Long Island, in West Hills, New York, also known as the "Gold Coast," a hamlet in the town of Huntington. It was the country home of investment financi ...

* Orton *

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site is a historic house museum in Hyde Park, New York. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1940. It is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The property, historically known as Hyde Park, wa ...

* Filoli * Kykuit * Monticello * Mount Vernon * Skylands * Nemours Mansion and Gardens * Coe Hall *

Prestwould Prestwould is a historic house near Clarksville, Virginia. It is the most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia. The house was built by Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet Skipwith, who moved his family from his ...

* Pennsbury Manor *

Carter's Grove Carter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Vir ...

* Spelling Manor * The Breakers * Hearst Castle * Rosewell * Stratford Hall *

Villa Vizcaya The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborho ...

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

Rough Point Rough Point is one of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a museum. It is an English Manorial style home designed by architectural firm Peabody & Stearns for Frederick William Vanderbilt. Construction o ...

* Westover * Wilton

Canada

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

Willistead Manor Willistead Manor is a historic house located in the former town of Walkerville, Ontario, now part of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Willistead Manor was designed by renowned architect Albert Kahn in the 16th-century Tudor-Jacobean style of an English ...

- Walkerville, Ontario * Manoir Rouville-Campbell -

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec Mont-Saint-Hilaire () is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 18,200. The city ...

* 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

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External links

* Eesti mõisate loend (List of Estonian manors in Estonian Wikipedia) * Liste des châteaux de Bretagne (List of Breton manor houses in the French Wikipedia) * Luettelo Suomen kartanoista (List of Finnish manor houses in the Finnish Wikipedia) * There is a short list of

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

''manoirs'' in Pays de Caux. * Lijst van kastelen in Nederland (From the Dutch Wikipedia, a comprehensive list of castles and manor houses in the Netherlands) * Lijst van kastelen in België (From the Dutch Wikipedia, a comprehensive list of castles and manor houses in Belgium) * House types

Manor houses A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. 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 ...