stately home

Noun

stately home (plural stately homes)

1. (UK) Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy
   • The stately homes of England
     How beautiful they stand,
     To prove the upper classes
     Have still the upper hand,
     Tho' the fact that they have to be rebuilt
     And frequently mortgaged to the hilt
     Is inclined to take the guilt
     Off the gingerbread.1937, Noël Coward, Operette
   • The tax man's taken all my dough
     And left me in my stately home
     Lazing on a sunny afternoon1967, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon

   Synonyms:

   country house

2. (UK) A country house open to the visiting public.