Hinton Admiral

Summary

Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family and located in the settlement of Hinton, near Bransgore in Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I Listed building.[1]

Hinton Admiral House

The walled gardens to the north of the house and the wall to the terrace in front of the gardens of the house are both Grade II listed.[2][3] Heathfield Lodge, the former lodge building to Hinton Admiral on the Lyndhurst Road, is Grade II listed.[4]

The gardens are open to the public by arrangement.

History edit

The current house was built in 1720 for Sir Peter Mews[1] but was remodelled after a fire in 1777.[1][5] Additional alterations were made around 1905 by the landscape architect Harold Peto, who remodelled the interior in an early 18th-century style.[1]

When Sir Peter Mews died in 1726 the house eventually passed to his nephew George Ivison Tapps, whose descendants still occupy the house

Hinton Admiral railway station opened in 1885 on the South West Main Line.

The area known as Hinton or Hinton Admiral was variously spelt Hentune (11th century); Henton (13th-17th century); Henton Aumarle (14th century); Hempton (or Hompton) Aumarle, Henton Amerle (or Amarle), Hynton Amerell, (15th century);[6] Hington Amerell, Hynton Admyrall, (16th century).[7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England, "Hinton Admiral (1095030)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 October 2017
  2. ^ Historic England, "Walled gardens immediately north of Hinton Admiral House (1095031)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 October 2017
  3. ^ Historic England, "Wall to terrace in front of garden facade of Hinton Admiral House (1156269)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 October 2017
  4. ^ Historic England, "Heathfield Lodge (1245699)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 October 2017
  5. ^ "Hinton Place: a Georgian country house mystery | British Library - Picturing Places". The British Library. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP40/561; in 1401; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no561/aCP40no561fronts/IMG_0649.htm; second line of entry, words 5 & 6, as "Henton Anmarle"
  7. ^ William Page (London 1912). "'Christchurch (Christchurch Twyneham): Introduction, castle and manors', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed". British-history.ac.uk. pp. 83–101.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links edit

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