Manor · Lääne-Viru County · Rakvere Parish
Rägavere Raggafer
Rägavere was split off from Mõdriku manor in 1540, and from 1764 to 1860 it belonged to the Kaulbars family, who also built the Kaulbars Palace in Tallinn. The Early Classicist house rose in the late 1700s, though its main staircase and doors are still Baroque; after a fire in 1899 it was lengthened. In the 1970s Rägavere was one of the first restored manors in Estonia.
Built / first recorded late 1700s
Style Early Classicism
Condition Restored
German name Raggafer Today
A private owner fully restored the manor, and the architect Toomas Rank won the Cultural Endowment’s annual award for the work.
Owners Brackel1540–1581 Paykull1604–1671 von Stackelberg1671–1725 von Kaulbars1764–1860 von Dehn1860–1919 Good to know From 1976 to 1983 the manor was a collective farm’s cultural center. Its interiors were designed by Leila Pärtelpoeg. The water mill, chapel, smithy and cattle-yard ruins are also protected. Photos through time 1893 · Rägavere manor, garden side with the 1892–93 extensionarchive · Rägavere manor, interior (interior architect Leila Pärtelpoeg)archive · Rägavere manor, interior (interior architect Leila Pärtelpoeg)archive · Rägavere manor, interior (interior architect Leila Pärtelpoeg)archive · Rägavere manor, interior (interior architect Leila Pärtelpoeg)archive · Rägavere manor, interior (interior architect Leila Pärtelpoeg)archive · Rägavere manor, interior with plaster reliefs1998 · Rägavere manor2009 · The main house, 20092014 · The manor park, 20142014 · The steward’s house, 2014Nearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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