How it works
This random mansion generator builds one great house in five parts: a real architectural style, the approach and grounds, three named rooms, what the house is today and one secret. No real house is named.
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Build a mansion, then draw it
Press New mansion until a house catches, then Copy it into your notes. Set a timer gives a drawing or a floor plan a fixed length. Print 30 mansions makes a sheet of prompts.
What makes a house a mansion
A great house is a large house with luxurious rooms and a big indoor and outdoor staff, so every set of rooms here pairs a grand room with one the servants used. Many such houses are now museums or hotels, and some are still a family seat. The list under the tool dates every style.
Tips
- For a haunted house, start from the secret and work outward.
- Drawing it? The grounds line tells you what goes in the foreground.
Questions and answers
What rooms does a mansion have?
Rooms an ordinary house lacks. A long gallery is a long, narrow room for walking and pictures. An orangery kept fruit trees through winter. The servants' hall was the staff dining room, and a still room was for preparing household compounds.
How is this different from the random house generator?
The random house generator deals an ordinary detached house with its colors and size. This one deals a great house with grounds, named rooms and a secret, from styles that page does not hold.
Are these real mansions?
No. The styles and room names are real and checked, and no real house is named. Each result is a made-up house for a story, a game map, a drawing or a build in a block game.