Talk:Stately home

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I am unsure why Country House is redirected to this page. There are many 'Stately Homes' in towns and cities: Kenwood House, Apsley House, being just two in London which spring instantly to mind, whereas there are no country houses anywhere but in the country. Stately homes (mansions)in the town, and mansions in the country often have different plans and requirements. I feel they should be treated differently and have separate pages. Giano 19:39, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Kenwood was a country house, its just that the city grew.... Justinc 11:38, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Grand city houses may even be palaces (though not in UK), but they are never "stately homes". "Stately homes" are grand country houses. Power houses. In France, you'd not find an hôtel in the country or a château in the city. --Wetman 13:11, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have a problem with this oh-so-NPOV sentence:

"Stately homes" is a real estate dealers' phrase, more suited to Robin Leach's enthusiastic gush on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and to the poised vocabulary of Dame Edna Everage.

Who are we to say what it's "more suited" for, or to describe the style of certain people? Morgan Wick 06:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I beleive in England at least "Stately home" only refers to those houses which are open to the public for viewing rather than all private houses which happen to be very large or have historic contents. Giano 13:04, 10 October 2007 (UTC)