Sentence:  It was an important-looking village, with a fine old church and large churchyard in the heart of it, and two or three large brick-and-stone <WSD>homesteads</WSD>, with well-walled orchards and ornamental weathercocks, standing close upon the road ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.