Nurme manor was split off from the lands of Ruila in the 1670s. Until the 1750s it belonged to the Ullrichs, and then until expropriation in 1919 to the Mohrenschildts; the last owner was Ferdinand von Mohrenschildt. The Early Classical house, completed in 1789, was simple in outline but had exceptionally rich stucco decoration both inside and out. The forecourt was flanked by a granary and a stable and carriage house. A straight 1.2-kilometer drive leads to the manor from the Vardi–Nissi road, its last few hundred meters laid out as an avenue.
The house was badly damaged in a fire in 1980: practically only its walls remain, and all of its valuable stucco decoration was lost. The outbuildings are also gone or in ruins. Only the three-arched gateway survives, restored in the 1980s.
Owners
von Ullrich1670. aastad–1750. aastad
von Mohrenschildt1750. aastad–1919
Good to know
The drive ends at a handsome three-arched gateway, almost the only one of its kind in Estonia.
The gateway does not stand on the central axis of the house but near its left end, on the left side of the forecourt.
The modern road skirts the manor to the north, so only a dirt road leads to the gateway.
Photos through time
archive · Nurme manor Harjumaa Muuseum, HMK _ F 7130 · by-nc-ndarchive · Nurme manor Harjumaa Muuseum, HMK _ F 7132 · by-nc-ndarchive · The Nurme manor gateway Harjumaa Muuseum, HMK _ F 7133 · by-nc-nd1991 · Nurme manor Harjumaa Muuseum, HMK _ F 7131 · by-nc-nd2011 · Ruins of the Nurme manor house, 2011 Iifar · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2011 · Ruins of the Nurme manor house, 2011 Iifar · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2011 · The Nurme manor gateway, 2011 Iifar · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2014 · The Nurme manor gateway, 2014 Melilac · CC BY-SA 4.02014 · The Nurme manor avenue, 2014 Melilac · CC BY-SA 4.02025 · Ruins in the Nurme manor park, 2025 Margus Leedo · CC BY-SA 4.0
