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Well, when I hear "mansions" I tend to think along the lines of Biltmore [1], but that's a house with 178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2) of floor space. [1] htt

• igravious 8y ago
  Being from this side of the Atlantic I would describe something like Biltmore – never heard of it before, thanks for the ref – as a very large European-type manor. Biltmore for me is bordering on palatial in size if not explicitly in feature. Honestly you'd need an architect or someone who properly knows the language of architecture to accurately relay Biltmore's style and type. Fwiw Wikipedia agrees with me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_house#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_house#United_States “The only manor house in the United States (or North America for that matter) that resembled the form and function of a European-style estate and manor is the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina (which is still owned by descendents of the original builder, a member of the Vanderbilt family).”