The combined work of two major English architects, it was designed by Capability Brown and subsequently remodelled by John Nash.

Dying unmarried in 1757, the house passed to his cousin, another Paul, who in 1761 employed Capability Brown to make major alterations to the court and to landscape the grounds.

[a][5] Nash undertook the construction of a number of buildings in the grounds, mostly in Gothick styles, including the stables, the coach house, a cloistered dairy and a cottage by the lake.

[b][8] His reworking of the bath house was extensive, including the insertion of arches to the front of the building, reconstruction of the roof and renovation of the interior.

[14][15] The passageway ceiling is decorated with the remnants of patterns of moss and fir cones in a rustic style, which date from Browns's original construction.