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Foyer (entrance),
conservatory (sitting room/letter writing/reading room), linen room
(only really big estates have this, where all the fine linen is kept),
wine cellar/tasting room (usually in the basement, best place to keep
wine), a crafts/present wrapping room (with a huge counter work space
and walls of wrapping paper, ribbon, bows, boxes, etc), greeting rooms
(rooms adjacent to a person's 'office' or personal space where they meed
guests, the Queen of England has one), gym, servant's/worker's quarters
(usually with own stairwell that connects to entire house, so rooms,
special kitchen/dining room, and back halls so the servants didn't share
space with the lords/ladies of the house, in a big enough estate there
would be more than 100 staff that needed their own management and
space), storage for seasonal decorations (such as Christmas, 4th of July
stuff), out buildings like barns, garages for cars, sheds for gardening
supplies, an out building for the lady of the estate's painting
practice, kids areas (bedrooms, special dining area, play area, in-home
schooling room), in olden days there were 'telephone' rooms or closets,
of course formal ball rooms (for large dancing parties) that are
adjacent to formal dining rooms (large enough to site 80 to 100 people
at the same time).
I remember my mom's friend's mansion when I was growing up had a special button that was on the floor right under the head of the table in the dining room as well as under the coffee table in the conservatory (concealed by the rug) that when pressed with one's foot it would ring a buzzer in the kitchen. This was to indicate for service to come to the room or to deliver a prearranged service of tea or snacks.
Another funny thing was special bells in each room. So the lady, lord, and library rooms, etc would have special dials on the wall that when turned would ring a bell in the servant's area. Depending on which bell rang (usually differentiated by different tones) the servant would know which room to go to.
Often times special servants (butlers, chefs, etc) need their own offices and depending on their function the office would need to be near where they worked the most. A butler's would usually be off the foyer, while a chef's off the kitchen and near the back entrance for deliveries. Don't forget in the kitchen area there would rooms and rooms for different storage. So root cellars, china and silver storage, grains, herbs and spice storage, meat cellars, usually a chicken coop might be adjacent to the back door to fetch eggs quickly, or a fresh herb garden right outside to fetch herbs. There might have been a sewing room near by, too.
Lastly, in very large estates there will be some sort of place of worship. A church or chapel, if you will. Large enough estates would have their own priest or pastor (maybe with family of their own).
Have fun!
I remember my mom's friend's mansion when I was growing up had a special button that was on the floor right under the head of the table in the dining room as well as under the coffee table in the conservatory (concealed by the rug) that when pressed with one's foot it would ring a buzzer in the kitchen. This was to indicate for service to come to the room or to deliver a prearranged service of tea or snacks.
Another funny thing was special bells in each room. So the lady, lord, and library rooms, etc would have special dials on the wall that when turned would ring a bell in the servant's area. Depending on which bell rang (usually differentiated by different tones) the servant would know which room to go to.
Often times special servants (butlers, chefs, etc) need their own offices and depending on their function the office would need to be near where they worked the most. A butler's would usually be off the foyer, while a chef's off the kitchen and near the back entrance for deliveries. Don't forget in the kitchen area there would rooms and rooms for different storage. So root cellars, china and silver storage, grains, herbs and spice storage, meat cellars, usually a chicken coop might be adjacent to the back door to fetch eggs quickly, or a fresh herb garden right outside to fetch herbs. There might have been a sewing room near by, too.
Lastly, in very large estates there will be some sort of place of worship. A church or chapel, if you will. Large enough estates would have their own priest or pastor (maybe with family of their own).
Have fun!
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I'll begin in the basement:
A Game Room with a pool table, dart boards and card tables
A Full Service Bar with an efficiency kitchen
A Wine Cellar with a bistro set for wine tasting
A Laundry Room with an ironing board and a sewing machine set up all the time
There is an indoor pool surrounded by italian hand painted tiles
A theater room with 10 sets of love seats to accommodate a crowd
First Floor:
A kitchen with a small green house attached for growing fresh fruits and veggies along with herbs
A butler's pantry equipped with everything you will need along with a door leading outside to a barbque area
A study with wooden paneled walls and book shelves from floor to ceiling, a huge carved desk and a red leather chair on wheels
A grand foyer that is two stories high with a winding staircase and black and white marble flooring
A music room with a baby grand piano and other instruments where the entertainers play during a house party
A sun room that overlooks a formal garden and down onto a lower lawn where there is a pool and a guest house and tennis courts.
An elevator is camouflaged behind a wooden paneled wall.
A sitting room with velvet covered furniture
Upstairs:
Bedroom after bedroom, all with their own luxurious bathrooms
A playroom in the children's wing
A family room/media room
An Office
A Computer room/video and audio room
How's that for starters???
A Game Room with a pool table, dart boards and card tables
A Full Service Bar with an efficiency kitchen
A Wine Cellar with a bistro set for wine tasting
A Laundry Room with an ironing board and a sewing machine set up all the time
There is an indoor pool surrounded by italian hand painted tiles
A theater room with 10 sets of love seats to accommodate a crowd
First Floor:
A kitchen with a small green house attached for growing fresh fruits and veggies along with herbs
A butler's pantry equipped with everything you will need along with a door leading outside to a barbque area
A study with wooden paneled walls and book shelves from floor to ceiling, a huge carved desk and a red leather chair on wheels
A grand foyer that is two stories high with a winding staircase and black and white marble flooring
A music room with a baby grand piano and other instruments where the entertainers play during a house party
A sun room that overlooks a formal garden and down onto a lower lawn where there is a pool and a guest house and tennis courts.
An elevator is camouflaged behind a wooden paneled wall.
A sitting room with velvet covered furniture
Upstairs:
Bedroom after bedroom, all with their own luxurious bathrooms
A playroom in the children's wing
A family room/media room
An Office
A Computer room/video and audio room
How's that for starters???
Other Answers (5)
- A kitchen would be useful, and bedrooms are also popular in any kind of house. You could have a library an impressive entrance hall and a utility room. (But in an old house this would be called a scullery, at least it would in the UK. ) A large mansion would have more than one living room - there would be an impressive one and a smaller "family" one that is more informal. An older mansion would call one of these a drawing room - short for withdrawing room, where the ladies used to go after dinner while the men stayed on in the dining room to enjoy a glass of port and a man type chat. Some large houses also used to have a breakfast room - this would have a big sideboard where the servants would set out all the dishes prepared for breakfast and the guests would come down in their own time and help themselves. I have no idea what an American mansion would be like, except that it wouldn't be as old, but I hope this has helped you a bit.
- You must be missing some. Your rooms sound like a tiny mansion. Remember too that many mansions don't have just one of each room. There might be formal and informal dining rooms. Maybe an east and west study. You didn't mention any bedrooms. I don't know if you want to include them but what about kitchens and bathrooms. Not typical bathrooms but elegant mansion spa bathrooms. Bill Gates has something like 6 kitchens and 18 bedrooms. Think big. Its a mansion not a log cabin.
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