[1][2] As a landed estate, the manor of Holdre (German: Hollershof) has a history that goes back to at least 1597.

[3][4] The main building of the manor house was modernized in about 1910 by Woldemar von Ditmar.

It was built to the design of Otto Wildau,[2] a Riga-based architect who also designed the nearby Taagepera Castle and in a similar style: Art Nouveau with heavy influences from Finnish National Romanticism.

The likeness between the two manors is perhaps because the owner of Holdre estate at the time, Ditmar, was the brother-in-law of the landowner at Sangaste, Hugo von Stryk.

The manor house of Holdre is the lesser of the two, being a single-storey building rich in façade decoration typical for its style.