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Description: An English manor is a manor house and surrounding fortification with the characteristics of cultural and historical England
An English manor is a manor house and surrounding fortification with the characteristics of cultural and historical England, separated by these English characteristics from other types of manor houses in various European countries such as Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Usually, an English manor refers to a fortified country house that served as the center of administration for a manor, which was a territorial diversification in the European feudal system.
Most English manors were owned by the gentry class. In their earliest versions, English manors were fortified to protect against attack, but later these fortifications became more a show of wealth than for any practical purpose.
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