Category talk:Country houses in Scotland

Definition of Country House
I am not very happy with the inclusion of places like Holyrood House as a country house. For a start, it is in a city, and it is actually a palace. This definition of an English country house, should, perhaps, be taken as the basis for the Scottish country house: ''The English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often in the ownership of an individual who also owned a London house allowing time to be spent in the country and in the city - hence, for these people, the term was to distinguish between town and country. However, the term also encompasses those houses which were, and often still are, the full time residence for the landed gentry. These people were central to the squirearchy which ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses.'' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_house Maybe we need something appropriate to Scotland as a starting point? Shipsview (talk) 10:02, 8 July 2011 (UTC)