The Big House may refer to:

Buildings

Types of building

Anglo-Irish big house The term big house () refers to the country houses, mansions, or estate houses of the historical landed class in Ireland, which is itself known as the Anglo-Irish class. The houses formed the symbolic focal point of the Anglo-Irish political domi ...

Great house A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or ...

, in Ireland, specifically houses of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy * a type of

longhouse A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling. It has been built in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe, and North America. Many were built from timber and often rep ...

among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast *

Wharenui A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''whare'' ( ...

, a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand * a slang term for

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

*An

African-American Vernacular English African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, ), also referred to as Black (Vernacular) English, Black English Vernacular, or occasionally Ebonics (a colloquial, controversial term), is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban ...

term referring to a

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...

on an American slave compound.

Individual buildings

8 House 8 House ( da, 8 Tallet), also known as Big House, is a large mixed-use development built in the shape of a figure 8 on the southern perimeter of the new suburb of Ørestad in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of the ...

or Big House, a mixed use development in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark * , Saint Petersburg, Russia, headquarters of the Federal Security Service *

Big House, Landshipping The Big House, also known as Landshipping House, is a historic house on the banks of the River Cleddau in Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The house was originally built in 1750 and owned by the Owens of Orielton who were the Landshipping Coal ...

, Pembrokeshire, Wales *

Ibrox Stadium Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Rangers Football Club, Ibrox is the third largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of . O ...

, Glasgow, Scotland, nicknamed 'The Big Hoose' * Big House, Irene, Gauteng, South Africa, the residence of South African statesman Jan Smuts

United States

The Allman Brothers Band Museum The Allman Brothers Band Museum, also known as The Big House, is a museum in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was the home to The Allman Brothers Band's original members, their families, and various friends from 1970 to 1973. The Big House was r ...

, Macon, Georgia, also known as "The Big House" * Big House (Moccasin, Arizona) *

Oklahoma State Fair Arena Jim Norick Arena (formerly Fairgrounds Arena) is a large multi-purpose arena located at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Completed in 1965 at a cost of $2.4 million, it was the largest indoor facility in Oklahoma City until the constru ...

, Oklahoma City * Big House (Palisades, New York) *

Michigan Stadium Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third largest stadium in the world, and the ...

, Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed The Big House

Entertainment

* ''The Big House'' (1930 film), starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery * ''The Big House'' (2000 film), short film directed by Rachel Ward * ''The Big House'' (TV series), a 2004 American television sitcom * "The Big House" (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''), a 2017 television episode * "The Big House" (''Orange Is the New Black''), a 2019 television episode * Big House (American band), a country music band from the late 1990s ** ''Big House'' (album), their self-titled debut album * Big House (Canadian band), a Canadian rock music band active in the early 1990s * "Big House" (song), a 1993 song by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline

Other uses

The Big House (tournament) The Big House is an annual ''Super Smash Bros.'' tournament series held in Michigan since 2011. It is considered one of the largest and most prestigious ''Smash Bros.'' tournament series alongside Genesis (tournament), GENESIS, Evolution Champions ...