- published: 10 Jul 2014
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A stately home is a "great country house". It is thus a palatial great house or in some cases an updated castle, located in the British Isles, mostly built between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). They are in form and substance palaces by another name, yet that term in England is generally reserved for royal or episcopal residences, however modest in comparison to the stately home.
Stately homes are always located in the countryside, and their owners generally owned palatial homes in London also, in proximity to the royal court and parliament. These London residences, known as townhouses, corresponding to the hôtel particulier of Paris, generally took for their name the title or family name of their owner, such as Devonshire House, Grosvenor House, Spencer House, Northumberland House etc. Stately homes may include parts of true fortified "castles", if the buildings have been extensively extended, as at Belvoir Castle and Warwick Castle. Castle Howard is a misnomer, not being a castle, but a palatial residence.
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I love sweet William
Yes, he's my boy
And I'm his little doll,
His favorite toy
I love sweet William
Yes, he's my thrill
And who will marry me?
Sweet William will
Sweet William will