Wormleybury

Wormleybury
Hertfordshire
Location
Grid reference:	TL354058
Location:	51°44’4"N, 0°2’26"W
History
	Built 1767–69
For:	Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet by Robert Mylne
	Country house
Information

Wormleybury is an 18th-century house within a landscaped park of 140 acres near Wormley in Hertfordshire. The house is a Grade I listed building.

The manor belonged for centuries to Waltham Abbey. The present Wormleybury House was built by Robert Mylne in 1767–69 for Sir Abraham Hume, 1st Baronet on the site of an earlier house which had been built in 1733–35 by his elder brother, Alexander Hume (d 1765), from whom he had inherited the estate.

Wormleybury Manor in 1816

In 1772 the property was inherited by the 1st Baronet's son, who was also called Abraham (Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet). It was embellished by Robert Adam in 1777–79. The drawing room has painted roundels by Angelica Kauffman.<refname=nhle/>

In 1825 the parish records from the Parish Church of St. Laurence, Wormley were lodged with Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet, in Wormleybury.

Park and garden

The 2nd Baronet and his wife Amelia were keen gardeners. Robert Adam prepared drawings for garden buildings for the estate.

The Humes used their trading connections to import exotic plants for their garden. They are associated with the introduction of the first China tea-scented roses to Europe, one of which is named 'Hume'.

The rosa odorata "Hume's Blush Tea-Scented"

Wormleybury is listed Grade II in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.