Character of country house reportedly (6)
I believe the answer is:
manner
'character' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'country house reportedly' is the wordplay.
'country house' becomes 'manor' (I've seen this before).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'manor' sounds like 'MANNER'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for manner that I've seen before include "Way of acting or behaving" , "Way of doing something, or general attitude" , "Bearing - fashion" , "Style, air" , "Demeanour" .)