This category attempts to list all country houses, stately homes, manors, country retreats and estates, mansions and houses in Wales; anything of historical architectural note that was used as a residence by a noble family or persons of esteem in history. This includes castles, palaces, old abbeys, priories that may at one time have been used as a noble residence, including those that are now within urban areas but retain the appearance of a country house in style and with extensive gardens.