Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family and located in the settlement of Hinton, near

Bransgore Bransgore is a village and civil parish within the New Forest District, Hampshire, England. The village developed in the 19th century when a church and a school were built. It is technically classified as an urban area, although in some respects ...

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, England. It is a

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building. The walled gardens to the north of the house and the wall to the terrace in front of the gardens of the house are both Grade II listed. Heathfield Lodge, the former

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building to Hinton Admiral on the Lyndhurst Road, is Grade II listed. The gardens are open to the public by arrangement.

History

The current house was built in 1720 for Sir Peter Mews but was remodelled after a fire in 1777. Additional alterations were made around 1905 by the landscape architect

Harold Peto Harold Ainsworth Peto FRIBA (11 July 1854 – 16 April 1933) was a British architect, landscape architect and garden designer, who worked in Britain and in Provence, France. Among his best-known gardens are Iford Manor, Wiltshire; Buscot P ...

, who remodelled the interior in an early 18th-century style. When Sir Peter Mews died in 1726 the house eventually passed to his nephew

George Ivison Tapps Sir George Ivison Tapps, 1st Baronet (5 January 1753 – 15 March 1835) was a British landowner and developer involved in the founding of Bournemouth. Tapps inherited some of the estates, including Hinton Admiral, which formerly belonged to Si ...

, whose descendants still occupy the house Hinton Admiral railway station opened in 1885 on the

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. The area known as Hinton or Hinton Admiral was variously spelt ''Hentune'' (11th century); ''Henton'' (13th-17th century); ''Henton Aumarle'' (14th century); ''Hempton (or Hompton) Aumarle'', ''Henton Amerle (or Amarle)'', ''Hynton Amerell'', (15th century); ''Hington Amerell'', ''Hynton Admyrall'', (16th century).

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