Pymmes House was a house built by William Pymme in 1327 in what is now

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, 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

The first Pymmes House was built in 1327 by William Pymme, a landowner in

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, now in London, and member of the Pymme family who had been granted land by

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in the 14th century."Historic buildings: Upper Edmonton"
by Stephen Gilburt in ''Enfield Society News'', No. 206 (Summer 2017), pp. 6-7. It was sited on the north side of Watery Lane in Edmonton, now known as Silver Street. The house was subsequently occupied by a number of notable individuals including Thomas Wilson (1524–1581),

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(1520–1598), and

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(c. 1563–1612). 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

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, the

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, 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

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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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1327 establishments in England Buildings and structures completed in 1327 Buildings and structures demolished in 1940 Buildings and structures in the United Kingdom destroyed during World War II Demolished buildings and structures in London History of Middlesex Houses in the London Borough of Enfield {{London-struct-stub