Set beside the historically important Jõhvi–Tartu road, Torma manor dates from the Middle Ages and is first recorded in 1493. Its original center lay two kilometers to the south. Moved to its present site, the manor was built up in grand style mainly in the 1830s and 1840s. The long, modest one-story stone house unusually stands with its back to the road. The outbuildings, by contrast, are very grand: among them are a magnificent octagonal round stable around an inner courtyard, a steward’s house, a distillery and a granary-drier.
The house survives almost as built, apart from a converted attic floor, and holds a shop. Many outbuildings survive, including the octagonal round stable, though some are decaying or altered.
Good to know
The original manor center lay two kilometers to the south and was called Padefest in German.
A magnificent octagonal round stable with an inner courtyard stands in the manor center.
Many of the later outbuildings are built of red brick and fieldstone.
Photos through time
2012 · Torma manor distillery, 2012 Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · Torma manor steward’s house, 2012 Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2012 · Torma manor granary-drier, 2012 Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE2014 · Torma manor house, 2014 Amadvr · CC BY-SA 3.02014 · Torma manor’s octagonal round stable, 2014 Sille Kink · CC BY-SA 3.0 EE
