[1] The manor house was built in about 1590, and his descendants lived there until at least 1829, when Charles Coxwell was the incumbent.

[2] After the English Civil War, the wool trade improved and a number of elegant large barns were built.

[3] The house is built of rubble limestone with roughcast render and a stone slate roof.

The pleasure gardens are described as "consisting of terraced lawns with parterres and a sundial, shaded by specimen trees.

The gardens ran down to the River Coln which flowed under a picturesque bridge on the estate and had a summerhouse on its bank.