Nymans

Nymans is a country house with a complex history, originating on a medieval site. Portions of a 15th-century hall remain within the current structure, but the house was largely rebuilt in the 1830s. The north or service wing from this 1839 rebuilding still stands, a two-storey, four-window stuccoed structure with a slate roof. The upper floor features sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor has pointed casement windows and a pointed doorway.

The main or south wing was substantially altered in 1890 and again between 1925 and 1930. The initial 1890 rebuild was designed by Alfred Messel, a German-Jewish architect, whose brother, Ludwig Messel, owned the property at the time. The later changes, completed in the Cotswold Manor House style, were carried out by Sir Walter Tapper. A fire in 1947 destroyed the south-west wing, leaving the easternmost projection roofless and as a shell. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1954. The south front is arranged in an “E” shape, with three gabled projections of unequal length, two storeys in height, and features casement windows under a stone Horsham slab roof.