Pymmes House
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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 in 1327 by William Pymme,[http://friendsofpymmespark.wixsite.com/fopp/history A Brief History of Pymmes Park.] Friends of Pymmes Park. Retrieved 11 November 2018. 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.[https://enfieldsociety.org.uk/newsletters/ESnews206.pdf "Historic buildings: Upper Edmonton"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000044/https://enfieldsociety.org.uk/newsletters/ESnews206.pdf |date=2018-11-11 }} by Stephen Gilburt in Enfield Society News, No. 206 (Summer 2017), pp. 6-7.{{cite book|title=The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton|publisher=Published by the author.|author=Robinson, William.|date=1819|url=https://archive.org/details/b29307193|page=[https://archive.org/details/b29307193/page/60 60]|place=London: William Robinson}}
It was sited on the north side of Watery Lane{{cite book|title=London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation|author=Hughson, David.|date=1809|volume=6|publisher=J. Stratford|place=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWouAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA398|page=398}} 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).[http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.php?ID=ENF036 Pymmes Park.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000229/http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.php?ID=ENF036 |date=11 November 2018 }} London Gardens Online. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
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.Schmidt, Albert J. "A Household Inventory, 1581", Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, 105:5 (October 1957), pp. 459–480.
In the late 19th century the house was owned by Sir Henry Tyler, Member of Parliament and railway director. From 1875 to 1878 it was the home of Mansur Ali Khan, 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.
File:Pymmes House interior - c.1890.jpg|Interior view c.1890
File:Pymmes House interior c.1890.jpg|Fireplace c.1890
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Category:1327 establishments in England
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1327
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1940
Category:Buildings and structures in the United Kingdom destroyed during World War II
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in London
Category:Houses in the London Borough of Enfield
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