Tintinhull House
Tintinhull House, Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9PZ
Tintinhull is a 17th-century manor house built of Hamstone which is available as a holiday let for those romantics who want to pretend for a week. You can also get married there and I can't think of a better backdrop for wedding photgraphs.
View of the Front of the House
According to the National Trust who own the house and garden this is one of the most harmonious small gardens in Britain and I certainly don't disagree.
It has pools, lawns in small garden rooms and lovely dumpy topiary. The house was originally the property of the Napper family and it remained with them until it was sold in 1814, although the present garden was laid out in the twentieth Century.
View from the House
Another view from the HouseMost of the major planting was started by Phyllis Reiss in 1933 and it shows a major nod to Hidcote Garden with its rooms divided by hedges. The house and garden was given to the National TrustIn by Miss Reiss in 1954, but she continued to live there until her death in 1961. The house has been let to a viariety of people for shorter and longer times since then. The most famous of these being Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins in 1980.
Garden Rooms
Perfect dumpy topiary!
All photographs by Anthony Blagg
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