The Big House

The Big House may refer to:

Types of building

 * Anglo-Irish big house
 * Great house, in Ireland, specifically houses of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy
 * a type of longhouse among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast
 * Wharenui, a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand
 * a slang term for prison
 * An African-American Vernacular English term referring to a plantation house on an American slave compound.

Individual buildings

 * 8 House or Big House, a mixed use development in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark
 * , Saint Petersburg, Russia, headquarters of the Federal Security Service
 * Big House, Landshipping, Pembrokeshire, Wales
 * Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, nicknamed 'The Big Hoose'
 * Big House, Irene, Gauteng, South Africa, the residence of South African statesman Jan Smuts

United States

 * The Allman Brothers Band Museum, Macon, Georgia, also known as "The Big House"
 * Big House (Moccasin, Arizona)
 * Oklahoma State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City
 * Big House (Palisades, New York)
 * Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed The Big House

Entertainment

 * The Big House (1930 film), starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery
 * The Big House (2000 film), short film directed by Rachel Ward
 * The Big House (TV series), a 2004 American television sitcom
 * "The Big House" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a 2017 television episode
 * "The Big House" (Orange Is the New Black), a 2019 television episode
 * Big House (American band), a country music band from the late 1990s
 * Big House (album), their self-titled debut album
 * Big House (Canadian band), a Canadian rock music band active in the early 1990s
 * "Big House" (song), a 1993 song by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline

Other uses

 * The Big House (tournament), an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament in Michigan
 * Clarence "Big House" Gaines, American basketball coach