A château is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in F
The Château de Versailles outside Paris, France's best-known château and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Château fort de Roquetaillade
Cour d'honneur by Louis Le Vau at Château de Versailles, subsequently copied all over Europe
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 usually held
Château
…A château (plural châteaux, both pronounced ) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still…
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire (previously Berkshire), considered to be a "textbook" example of the English medieval manor house
Markenfield Hall in North Yorkshire, a 14th-century manor house with moat and gatehouse
Ightham Mote, a 14th-century moated manor house in Kent, England
Leeds Manor House Blue Plaque, Scarborough Hotel