Sentence examples for an extensive estate from inspiring English sources

His impeccably classy yet unstuffy bistro and lounge-bar arrangement occupies the 19th-century home of the first Chief Justice of the Cape, which was once an extensive estate.

The house is surrounded by an extensive estate, laid out as a Ferme ornée, part of which is now the Folly Farm nature reserve.

Sir Ferdinando leased an extensive estate in Lewes that was built on land once owned by the Grey Friars and was called "The Friary".

Beverley inherited an extensive estate following the death of his father in 1722, and continued building upon his father's pursuits in land speculation.

Legal problems resulted in the lands being acquired by Sir Christopher Hatton, from whose heirs Sir Randolph Crewe (1559 1646) purchased an extensive estate including the manors of Crewe, Barthomley and Haslington in 1608 for over £6,000 ££ today).

Beverley inherited an extensive estate following the death of his father in 1722 and amassed significant landholdings throughout Virginia, from which he received revenue from tobacco production and 119 tenancies.

Estancia, in the Río de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay, an extensive rural estate largely devoted to cattle ranching and to some extent to the raising of feed grain.

He and his family own an extensive real estate portfolio worth more than $6 billion that dates back to the Georgian kings.

He certainly may have done more extensive estate planning than his will suggests.

Little is known about his early life: he was born circa 1277, apparently at Bizye on the Black Sea coast of Thrace, where he had a palatial residence, extensive estates and many friends and relatives.

£40,000 was settled on her at the time of her marriage and she was due to inherit a third of her father's extensive estates.