"::: I chose to include those older works to show that the term has been of interest and written about for well over 100 years. If you want modern then how about England's Hideaways: Discovering Enchanting Rooms, Stately Manor Houses, and Country Cottages by Meg Nolan van Reesema (March 15, 2011)? A quick check finds 89 books published about stately homes since the year 2000. The problem has not been lack of potential source material but rather a failure to use and cite them.
 Can someone show, via reliable sources, that ""stately home"" equals ""English country house"" close enough that the articles should be merged? If reliable sources exist that show this then I'll instantly support the merge. If not, then I want to leave the door open for separate articles via a redirect. |talk 
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