[2] The current red brick house was built as a two-storey farmhouse, but the front was built in 1710 for the Jeanes family,[1] and another storey and Baroque wings were added in the mid 18th century.

[4] The park consisted of around 40 acres (16 ha) in 1837,[5] with a walled kitchen garden to the north of the house.

[2] A racing stables is maintained within the estate run by Kevin Bishop.

The estate remained with the Evered family[2] and in the early 20th century, the building was owned by John Guy Courtney Evered, who inherited it from his father and died in 1931 shortly after his 100th birthday.

[7] Evered had fought in the Crimean War and was the "oldest living Etonian" at the time of his death.