From 1864 to 1877, the architect George Devey designed the cottages and the park gates[1] (he later transformed another Rothschild property, Ascott House).

Final inspection of the division by Lord Kitchener occurred in August 1915 and the move to France took place from 2 to 13 September 1915.

[2] It had been a boys' prep school (where Evelyn Waugh obtained his second post as a junior master in 1925)), followed by a further brief spell as a hotel.

Today the estate is used as a residential training centre for young people, operated by Kingswood Learning and Leisure Group.

[3] The original ornamental features of the extended garden still remain, incorporated into the site now called Green Park.