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A popular, traditional style of outdoor landscape light is the so-called “Manor House Light” and of course there is also a company with the Manor House brand name.
This style of landscape light is also offered by other manufacturers such as Hinkley Lighting.
An example of a manor house style, outdoor wall lantern is shown below.
My opinion is manor house lighting looks best mounted on walls framing entrance doors, or on poles framing a garden, or driveway entrance.
Used too much though it can look overdone.
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