Thomas Johansson Feb 11, 2011:

The point with my farm proposal was mostly intended as a suggestion to look at the specific kind of "gård" it was and find a suitable English expression for that. (For instance depending on the specific kind of activity the gård was originally set up for. Prästgård? Then perhaps "rectory", "vicarage" etc.)
General terms like "mansion" and "estate" carry associations which may not fit well.

alpia Feb 11, 2011:

yes...a farm or country-yard or farmstead near to the river...a country-house with all the area around..with the "square" inbetween the "living-house" and all the other farm buildings, where the animals and agriculture machines are...barns, etc...

Åsa Schoening Feb 10, 2011:

When I found the term, I liked "riverside" but wasn't too crazy about "establishment." But if you look at the local web site, it identifies Nyströmska gården as Köping's last "ågård," so this is presumably what Cynthia Coan is writing about. The picture doesn't really fit a traditional manor and the description says that this was a "timmergård." Plus, it is located in the town.
From web site:
"Alla arbeten gjordes på beställning och man tillverkade byggnadssnickerier som karmar, dörrar och fönster samt möbler. Även båtar i mindre omfattning. Varken stämpling eller annan märkning förekom varför möblerna kan vara svåra att identifiera i dag. Möbler i alrotsfanér har en lång tradition i Köping och Nyströms Snickeri var de sista som tillverkade alrotsbord i staden.
Nyströmska gården ligger i korsningen Östra Långgatan/Karlbergsgatan."
And I agree with Thomas Johansson that the building in the picture he found doesn't look like a manor either.

Sven Petersson Feb 10, 2011:

Etymology The word "gård" comes from the old word "garðr" which originally meant something enclosed, like a courtyard. It then came to mean the the building that enclosed the courtyard, and finally to mean a farm, manor or estate, with or without courtyard.

Thomas Johansson Feb 10, 2011:

What would be the right English term for the sort of building shown at http://www.arboga.se/arbogatemplates/Page.aspx?id=44483 ?

I like "manor" or "manor house" better than "establishment", but is it really the right term here? I may be wrong but I think manor houses are usually found on the countryside, not in cities or urbanized areas.