Pymmes House
Pymmes House was a house built by William Pymme in 1327 in what is now Pymmes Park, in Edmonton, London. It had a succession of notable owners, particularly in the Elizabethan period and was remodelled and rebuilt several times. It was demolished after a fire in 1940.
History
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The first Pymmes House was built by William Pymme in 1327,[2] a landowner in Edmonton, now in London, and member of the Pymme family who had been granted land by Edward II in the 14th century.[1][3]
It was sited on the north side of Watery Lane[4] in Edmonton, now known as Silver Street. The house was subsequently occupied by a number of notable individuals including Thomas Wilson (1524–1581), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1563 – 1612).[5]
An inventory of the furnishings of the house was made in 1581 after the death of Thomas Wilson and was transcribed and published in 1957.[6]
In the late 19th century the house was owned by Sir Henry Tyler, member of Parliament and railway director.[1] From 1875 till 1878 it was the home of the Nawab of Bengal and his Family.
It was significantly remodelled more than once but demolished after a fire in 1940 that is not thought to have been the result of Second World War bombing. The grade II listed garden walls still exist in Pymmes Park.[1]
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Interior view c.1890 -
Fireplace c.1890
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Historic buildings: Upper Edmonton" Archived 2018-11-11 at the Wayback Machine by Stephen Gilburt in Enfield Society News, No. 206 (Summer 2017), pp. 6-7.
- ^ A Brief History of Pymmes Park. Friends of Pymmes Park. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Robinson, William. (1819). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton. London: William Robinson: Published by the author. p. 60.
- ^ Hughson, David. (1809). London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation. Vol. 6. London: J. Stratford. p. 398.
- ^ Pymmes Park. Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine London Gardens Online. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ Albert J. Schmidt, "A Household Inventory, 1581", Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, 105:5 (October 1957), pp. 459–480.
External links
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