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Thesaurus Term/Concept: GREAT HOUSE

Identifier 68946
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A large house dating from the 16th century onwards, built as a symbol of the wealth and status of the owner but not intended to be defensible unlike the castles and manor houses it replaced.

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Instances/Examples (33)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX2274 Albyns (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1755 Audley End House (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX33164 Beckingham Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX27765 Coggeshall Abbey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX27773 Coggeshall Abbey House (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031657 Coombe Lodge (Building)
Monument Type MEX1008962 Copped Hall and attached walls, pavilions and conservatory (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX41070 Early 20th century Warley Place Historic Garden, Brentwood (Monument)
Monument Type MEX21038 Gosfield Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1008885 Hill Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX2533 King John's Palace (Monument)
Monument Type MEX24927 Maldon Hall (Revoked Record)
Monument Type MEX4992 Medieval town of Thaxted (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031678 Merks Hall (Building)
Monument Type MEX24153 Mistley Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MEX20386 New Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1051450 Nineteenth century great house, Bocking Place, Courtauld Lane (Building)
Monument Type MEX6695 Old Thorndon Hall, West Horndon (Monument)
Monument Type MEX21030 Panfield Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX20361 Post-medieval occupation at Cressing Temple (Building)
Monument Type MEX1049951 Remains of Nightingale Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MEX37702 Rochford Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX24013 Shortgrove Park (Landscape)
Monument Type MEX26848 Site of 16th century mansion, 'Witham Palace', south-west of Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX621 Site of Abbey House (Denny Mansion), Waltham Abbey (Building)
Monument Type MEX1403 Site of Debden Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MEX24774 Site of late 16th century great house, Fryers Mansion, on the former Carmelite Friary site, Maldon (Building)
Monument Type MEX792 Site of Mount Hall, Theydon Mount (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1004690 Spains Hall (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX71 St Osyth's Priory (for earlier Nunnery see 46047) (Monument)
Monument Type MEX27653 Stanstead Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MEX26467 Tiptree Priory (Monument)
Monument Type MEX40929 Wivenhoe House (Monument)