History
The current house was built in 1720 for Sir Peter Mews [1] but was remodelled after a fire in 1777. [1] [5] Additional alterations were made around 1905 by the landscape architect Harold Peto, who remodelled the interior in an early 18th-century style. [1]
When Sir Peter Mews died in 1726 the house eventually passed to his nephew George Ivison Tapps, whose descendants still occupy the house
Hinton Admiral railway station opened in 1885 on the South West Main Line.
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); [6] Hington Amerell, Hynton Admyrall, (16th century). [7]
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