Huis te Manpad
The Huis te Manpad is an historical villa and former summer home of
The Haarlem archives have material about the estate dating back to 1558. The current main building dates from 1630. It was restored in 1720 when the gardens received an overhaul (the same Arcadia gardening period in the Haarlem area that drew Linnaeus to Hartekamp). In 1767 the villa came into the possession of the Van Lennep family, who owned it up to 1953. In 1945 it was again restored by
The most recent private owner, Jan Visser, gave it to the Stichting Huis te Manpad on his death.
In 1817 the then owner of the estate, David Jacob van Lennep, placed a
The house and gardens are not open to the public. During spring and summer months weekly tours are available.
52°20′08″N 4°36′02″E / 52.33556°N 4.60056°E
Literature
- Joustra, Barbara: Het Huis te Manpad. Huis, park en bewoners door de eeuwen heen; met medewerking van Mieke T. Wilmink-Van Harmelen & Henrick S. van Lennep. Alphen a/d Rijn, 2003. ISBN 90-6469-790-6. Geïll. 172 p. Tweede druk 2004.
- van Lennep, Jacob: De Roos van Dekama (in Dutch)
See also
- De Naald: monument at the corner of the property placed by D.J. van Lennep in 1817
External links
- (in Dutch) Website Huis te Manpad
- (in Dutch) Site about villas in the Netherlands