Huis te Manpad

The Huis te Manpad is an historical villa and former summer home of Jacob van Lennep in Heemstede, the Netherlands; bordered by the Leidsevaart canal, the Manpadslaan, and the Herenweg.

It neighbors the estate of Hartekamp, famed for the gardens described by Carl Linnaeus.

In 1767 the villa came into the possession of the Van Lennep family, who owned it up to 1953.

Thanks to the loving care of the Van Lennep's, the gardens were almost intact in the form they had been in Linnaeus's day, and it is currently being restored.

The most recent private owner, Jan Visser, gave it to the Stichting Huis te Manpad on his death.

View of Huis te Manpad from the Herenweg, the road from Haarlem to Leiden that leads along 17th and 18th century summer homes.