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.

Pymmes House in 1895[1]

History

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]

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]

  • Interior view c.1890
  • Fireplace c.1890

References
  1. "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.
  2. A Brief History of Pymmes Park. Friends of Pymmes Park. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. Robinson, William. (1819). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton. London: William Robinson: Published by the author. p. 60.
  4. 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. 6. London: J. Stratford. p. 398.
  5. Pymmes Park. London Gardens Online. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

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