Great house

Many properties are now open to the public as historic house museums, either run by their ancestral owners on a commercial basis, or having been given to English Heritage or similar organisations.

There was often an elaborate hierarchy among domestic workers, probably most familiar to people today through television dramas such as Downton Abbey.

Nowadays, the International Guild of Butlers estimates that the annual salaries of a 20–25 person household staff total in excess of US$1,000,000.

Practices vary depending on the size of the household and the preference of the employers, but in general the staff is divided into departments run by the following staff:[3][4] Sources:[3][4] For the master of the house: For the lady of the house: For the children: For needs of the household: Sources:[3][4] A property manager may have charge of the maintenance and care of the grounds, landscaping, and outbuildings (pool, cabana, stables, greenhouse etc.)

which is divided into departments run by the: The complex hierarchy of a staff in a great house has been portrayed in several notable productions for film and television.