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A '''great house''' is a large and stately [[residence]]; the term encompasses different sty ...usehold help, but not approaching the numbers involved in the running of a great house.

In a very [[great house|formal household]], the tea service is cared for by the [[footman]], under

...wn as a '''cutting garden'''. It is usually only a feature of medium to [[great house|large residences]], although anyone with adequate space can have one, and w

In a [[great house]], the '''scullery maid''' is the lowest-ranking of the female [[domestic w

In a [[great house]], the [[footman|footmen]] cleaned and polished the silver, overseen by the

Her reign was a troubled one. The great house of {{okina}}I, in whose family the chieftainship of the [[Hilo]] district h

...he late 13th century, situated south of the abbey, and in the 14th century great house was built to the north east of the church.<ref>Harrison, Stuart (2011). “

The tea party was a feature of [[great house]]s in the [[Victorian Era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian]] ages in the [[Unite

...nd [[valet]]. See also related articles: [[Batman (military)|batman]], [[great house]], [[domestic service]], [[housekeeper]].''

...ing told that he would be better off dead than a slave in the nobleman's [[great house|household]] Shasta agrees to escape with the Horse, called Bree, and attemp

...century housekeepers sometimes did earn extra money by giving tours of the great house, a fact depicted in Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice''.</ref> In modern ...he European butler emerged as a middle-ranking member of the servants of a great house, in charge of the ''buttery'' (originally a storeroom for "butts" of liquor

...century housekeepers sometimes did earn extra money by giving tours of the great house, a fact depicted in Jane Austen's ''Pride and Prejudice''.</ref> In modern ...he European butler emerged as a middle-ranking member of the servants of a great house, in charge of the ''buttery'' (originally a storeroom for "butts" of liquor