| Tintinhull House and Garden | |
| Location: | , Somerset, England |
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| Built: | 17th century |
| Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated: | 19 April, 1961[1] |
| Reference #: | 425669 |
| National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens | |
| Type: | Grade II |
| Designated: | 12 April, 2005[2] |
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Location of Tintinhull House and Garden in Somerset
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Tintinhull Garden, located in Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, England is a small 20th century Arts and Crafts garden surrounding a 17th century house. The property is in the ownership of the National Trust.
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Tintinhull House was built of Hamstone in the 17th century, being reshaped in the early 18th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The house was the property of the Napper family (who also owned Tintinhull Court) by 1630, and was passed own in the family until they sold it sometime after 1814.[1]
The Napper' let it to the Pitt family until the death of John Napper in 1791. It passed through several hands until 1835, when it was bought by Jeremiah Penny. In 1898 the then owner, Arthur Cobbett, added a single-storey extension to the east front before selling it to his tenant the botanist, Dr. S.J.M. Price. In 1933 it was bought by Phyllis Reiss and her husband, Capt. F.E. Reiss.[3]
The garden is laid out into areas separated by walls and hedges.
The garden layout was developed in the early 20th century, which was expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a "Hidcote" style. In 1954 Reiss gave the house and garden to the National Trust, but continued to live in the house and care for the garden until her death in 1961. From then on, the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.
The gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and include small pools and an azelea garden.[4]