# Talk:Estate houses in Scotland

Why’s this titled the way it is? In general, these houses are usually termed "Scottish country houses". "Estate houses" is a rarer phrase. Aren’t all country houses based around an estate, anyway? RGloucester  (talk) 21:45, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

It is more accurate for the subject here. Scots Baronial houses of the sixteenth century cannot really be described as country houses.--’SabreBD' (talk) 07:55, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I suppose, in a way, that’s true. But there are English "country houses" that do not really fit the criteria either. One can’t deny that the common name is "country house". A quick google search returns "estate houses in Scotland" and similar formulations return almost no relevant results, whereas "Scottish country house" provides a ton. According to WP:COMMONNAME, commonality should take precedence over minor technical matters, should it not? RGloucester  (talk) 11:57, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
We have to consider the other criteria as well, including Precision. Also, I see a lot of references to estate houses as a wider category in the literature on Scotland.—SabreBD (talk) 12:35, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
I’m not saying the term "estate houses" isn’t used, but merely less so, and seems to be more of a "specialist knowledge" term. Why exactly is "estate house" more precise? English country houses were also based around landed estates. RGloucester  (talk) 16:15, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Estate houses in Scotland/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 23:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Nominator: SabreBD (talk)
Hi! My review for this article will be here shortly.  --Seabuckthorn ♥ 23:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Great. Look forward to it.--SabreBD (talk) 23:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps Architecture of estate houses in Scotland would be a more suitable title? I was expecting this to be a detailed overview of actual estate houses rather than a general summary of architecture!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:01, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
What would be included in a detailed overview? Or could you link to a similar type of article?--SabreBD (talk) 17:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I was expecting the article before I clicked on it to be sort of a summary of country houses in Scotland, like a guide to them, not as comprehensive as the List but an article about actual individual notable houses rather than a general summary of architecture. Article looks great anyway.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:36, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
OK I see where you are coming from. I will have to give that some thought - particularly whether there might be material for two articles.--SabreBD (talk) 07:59, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
I have given it considerable thought. I think it is legitimate for this article to be largely architectural. If there was another article (or if there is another article) that also dealt with wider issues, I would support moving this to Architecture of estate houses in Scotland.--SabreBD (talk) 20:04, 19 March 2014 (UTC)