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English country house
larger mansion estate in England, UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The English country house is generally accepted as a large house that was once in the ownership of an individual who in most of the cases owned another great house in the West End of London. The country house was not only a weekend retreat for aristocrats, but also often a full time residence for the minor gentry.
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