My Duke is a brooding sort of gentleman whose estate/manor is located in Salisbury Plain, and I'm planning to call it Wycliffe manor/ or the estate of Wycliffe. Which is better --estate or manor??
2006-08-11 23:22:12 · 4 answers · asked by J.Welkin 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Manor sounds more posh. Because you can use the word esate, as in Council Estate. Not posh at all is it.
2006-08-12 00:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by kayfromcov 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Duke would have an estate (hundreds of acres of countryside, forests, lakes, etc., and his would consist of a farm (usually called "Home Farm") which would produce food for the "House" and for sale to outside wholesalers. He would have an Estate Manager who would run the estate for him - covering the hunting and shooting and fishing rights, the rents from the estate, and the stables, etc. The Estate Manager would arrange the hunting parties.
It is perfectly OK, therefore, to have "Wycliffe Manor" as the main country home of the Duke - which would be situated in the grounds of Wycliffe Estate. The Estate would also have a Dowager House. When a Duke dies and leaves a Duchess, she becomes the dowager duchess (the son having become the next Duke of (whatever name you call him). The son's wife becomes the new Duchess and the mother moves into the Dowager House.
The Estate would also have (miles away from the main House) the cottages of the Estate Manager and the Home Farm labourers.
2006-08-12 14:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by sincerely yours 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely manor.
2006-08-12 01:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by no one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely manor, it sounds better.
2006-08-12 01:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by Tamsin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋