Robert had married his second cousin Elizabeth Parker[2] and she, as a widow, managed the house for their son Thomas (1754–1819) when he was a child.

Elizabeth became a notable diarist and then she ran off disastrously with a younger man[2] while Thomas grew to be a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.}

On his early death he was succeeded by his younger brother Edward (1786–1865), also a J.P. and D.L., who left it to his son Thomas Goulburne Parker (1818–1879) a barrister-at-law, J.P. and D.L.

Thomas Goulburne had three sons, the eldest of which was Edward (1846–1894) who died childless, as a result of which ownership passed to his younger brother, Colonel John Robinson Parker (1857–1938), who later fought in the Boer War.

[3] In 1921 the 92+1⁄2-acre (37.5 ha) estate was sold to Colne Borough Council by Colonel Parker for the sum of £24,082 and partly used as a public park.