A great house
is a large house or mansion, especially those of the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or Edwardian
era in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States, such as the English
country house, the "stately homes of England" and the homes of various
"millionaires' row" in some
U.S. cities such as Newport, Rhode Island, with luxurious appointments and
great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. In Ireland, the term big house is usual for the houses of
the Anglo-Irish ascendancy. By some reports, the summer homes of the
wealthy at Newport averaged four servants per family member. There was often an
elaborate hierarchy among staff, domestic workers in particular. Source
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