there may be a steward (or the modern equivalent, an estate manager) who oversees direction of the entire establishment. Today, it is not uncommon for a couple to split the duties of management between them. The head of the household is not the butler, but the house manager. An estate manager manages more than one property, and usually has financial and managerial background. 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: Support household staff Sources: For the master of the house: Valet (Gentleman's gentleman) For the lady of the house: Companion Lady's maid For the children: Governess Nanny Tutor For needs of the household: Chauffeur Junior household staff Sources: Footman Hall boy Useful Man (also called houseman) Boot boy Maid (see Types of maid) Between staff or Between maids (also called Hall girl, particularly in the US) Chambermaid Housemaid Kitchen maid Laundry maid Nursemaid Parlourmaid Scullery maid Still room maid Page Seamstress Grounds staff An estate 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: Support grounds staff Gardeners Groundskeepers Stablehands Handyman Notable great houses Belcourt Castle Boldt Castle Biltmore Estate The Breakers Burghley House Cheshunt Great House Eaton Hall (Cheshire) The Elms Hatfield House Hearst Castle Hillwood Holkham Hall Hyde Park The Great House at Leyton Lyndhurst Mansion House, London Marble House Moore Hall, County Mayo Moszna Rosecliff Rose Hall Syon House Westbury House White House Woburn Abbey Depictions of great houses The complex hierarchy of a staff in a great house has been portrayed in several notable productions for film and television. Among these are: Backstairs at the White House Brideshead Revisited Downton Abbey, ITV television series filmed at Highclere Castle, a real-life Great House The Edwardian Country House The Gilded Age Gosford Park Rebecca The Remains of the Day Upstairs, Downstairs You Rang, M'Lord?'' See also Real estate House society Master of the Horse, a courtier, i.e. a royal appointment, now only ceremonial Master of the Hounds, in charge of and financially responsible for a hunt, usually a foxhunt Notes External links The Domestic Staff Citizen Domestic work House styles House types Dwellings of the Pueblo peoples