Historic England gives a build date for the house of the early 17th century, noting a datestone for 1626 on an external soffit.

[1] Elizabeth Williamson and Nikolaus Pevsner, in their revised Buckinghamshire volume of the Buildings of England, give a rather later date of 1675.

The house was sold in 1783 to Sir John Fletcher and remained in his family until 1928 when it was sold to Major Michael Beaumont who served as a British soldier, Conservative Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

Actor brothers Edward and James Fox attended the school when it was near Haywards Heath in West Sussex.

The house was built from bricks made from local clay fired at the bottom of Brill Hill.