Sentence:  From the outside, Strokestown House is a most attractive building. [...] And unlike some of the monster <WSD>Palladians</WSD> in this country, places like Castletown or Powerscourt, both near Dublin, Strokestown, being in the uncivilized west, is a far more modest proposition and thereby more appealing and approachable. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A building or an architectural element (for example, a window) designed in the Palladian style.