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Landed gentry
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The landed gentry is a largely historical British and Irish social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least owned a country estate. The British element of the wider
Mr and Mrs Andrews (c. 1750) by Thomas Gainsborough, a couple from the landed gentry, a marriage alliance between two local landowning families – one
Mr and Mrs Andrews (c. 1750) by Thomas Gainsborough, a couple from the landed gentry, a marriage alliance between two local landowning families – one gentry, one trade. National Gallery, London.
Typical entry in Burke's Landed Gentry (from Volume 2 of the 1898 edition)
Typical entry in Burke's Landed Gentry (from Volume 2 of the 1898 edition)
Reeve and Serfs
Reeve and Serfs
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci
English country house
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An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country
Landed gentry
…fourth son join the church. A newly rich man who wished his family to join the gentry (and they nearly all did so wish), was expected not only to buy a country house and estate, but often also to sever financial ties with the business which had made him wealthy in order to cleanse his family of the "taint of trade…
Belton House in Lincolnshire is considered a complete example of a typical English country house. It was built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brown
Belton House in Lincolnshire is considered a complete example of a typical English country house. It was built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet.
Longleat in Wiltshire is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of Elizabethan architecture in Britain. In the 20th century, it opened to payin
Longleat in Wiltshire is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of Elizabethan architecture in Britain. In the 20th century, it opened to paying visitors in 1949, becoming one of the first country houses to do so; the estate later established the first drive-through safari park outside Africa in 1966.
Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, designed by Matthew Brettingham and Robert Adam, one of the great power houses.
Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, designed by Matthew Brettingham and Robert Adam, one of the great power houses.
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. One of England's largest houses, it was built between 1705 and 1722.
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. One of England's largest houses, it was built between 1705 and 1722.