Teenuse became an independent estate in the 1500s, when it was split off from neighboring Tolli manor, and until expropriation in 1919 it belonged to the Maydells; the last owner was Richard von Maydell. In the 1500s the manor was built up as a fortified stone house, or vassal castle, as its German name Stenhusen also suggests. The complex sits on a narrow, naturally well-protected ridge bounded by water on three sides. The one-story Late Baroque house with a half-hipped roof was probably built in the late 1700s; its facades are decorated with pilasters, and its center is marked by a large triangular gable with a small oval window at its peak. In 1905 the house was burned, and it was rebuilt more or less as before, but without the dormer structures that had adorned the ends of the facade.
After expropriation the manor held a school until 1996. The house now holds the Teenuse branch library of Märjamaa Parish and the Teenuse Women’s Association. A few outbuildings also survive, the most notable being the granary and drying barn; two of its three arches survive, while the third has been broken open into a wide gateway.
Owners
von Maydell1919
Good to know
In the 1500s a fortified stone manor house, or vassal castle, was built at Teenuse; the cellars of the present house may date from it.
The complex sits on a ridge about 200 meters long, bounded by water on three sides.
The printmaker, painter and sculptor Friedrich Ludwig von Maydell was born at Teenuse manor.
