The Sackville family including their heirs the Cresswells owned it until 1816 when it was sold to Lord Sherborne.

[1] Sir Orme Clarke Bt CBE bought the house in the 1920s along with most of the surrounding Bibury estate from Lords Sherbourne and lived there with his wife Elfrida (née Roosevelt).

The northern portion of the estate known as Kilkenny Farm was sold to S. J. Phillips & Sons (Kemble) Ltd who had been tenant farmers to the Clarke family.

[3] The house was converted into a hotel in 1968, and back into a private home in 2015, when it was purchased and renovated by the star designer Marc Newson and his wife, fashion stylist Charlotte Stockdale.

The east front has a symmetrical centre with the north and south wings to either side.