When John Shuckburgh died in 1599, the manor was inherited by his eldest son Henry who sold it to Edward Boughton of Lawford Hall (who already held the portion of Bilton that had belonged to Pipewell Abbey) in 1610.

Boughton rebuilt the manor, creating the central part of the current red brick and sandstone house in about 1623.

Apart from Addison, other noted residents include the sports writer Charles James Apperley, known as "Nimrod",[2] and Henry Holyoake, who was the rector from 1705 to 1731.

This part of the house being of the style which prevailed in the beginning of the eighteenth century may have been erected by Addison himself when preparing the building for the reception of his destined wife.

[2]Entrance gates erected by Addison, bearing his initials and those of his wife Charlotte, Countess of Warwick were moved into the garden in 1825.