How to Use stately home in a Sentence

stately home

noun
  • About two dozen protesters were spotted on the road before the turnoff to the stately home.
    — Danica Kirka, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The stately home’s entrance hall leads into the formal living room, which sports a cast concrete fireplace surrounded by warm wood paneling.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Totally updated for a modern lifestyle, the stately home dates to the 18th century.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.
    — Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • It is written and directed by Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But just outside the grounds, Chase Sapphire, the feisty up-and-comer in the world of rectangular plastic, had rented a stately home for its customers.
    — Alyson Krueger, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer hints at a lavish production, with Sharpe playing a mischievous Mozart, bounding through a stately home and jumping to reach a chandelier.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Originally known as The Clouds, the stately home overlooked what has become one of Barbados’ most luxurious coastlines.
    — Kate Van Dyke, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The city’s official mayoral residence is a stately home known as Gracie Mansion located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This 18th-century stately home and expansive surrounding estate in Scotland was acquired in 2007 by the British monarch, who was then Prince Charles, to preserve them as treasures of the nation.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • After inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers hidden diaries and enlists two academics to uncover dark secrets at Harford Hall.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The image, taken in May by photographer Millie Pilkington, shows Charles in the gardens of Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with the sprawling stately home behind him.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The Grand Finale is the third film in a trilogy that spawned from the wild popularity of ITV and PBS’ six-season show set among the halls of a grand, stately home in early 20th century England.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The late singer’s stately home, with its stone facade and white columned entrance, is just a few miles from the site of the roundtable meeting, which was also attended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
    — Adrian Sainz, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026

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