He was involved in a court case in which he was found guilty of creating a nuisance by "making an inclosed Dung stall" in his garden, and was fined £5 and made to remove it.

In 1858 Burgh House was taken over by the Royal East Middlesex Militia, and served as the headquarters and officers' mess until 1881.

[1] In 1925, a director of Lloyds Bank, Captain Constantine Evelyn Benson CBE, DSO, bought the house for £4,750.

The barrack blocks in front of the building were pulled down and in 1947 it reopened as a community centre with a Citizen's Advice Bureau in its basement.

[1] In recent years it has been further restored with backing from The Heritage Lottery Fund, Bridge House Trust and many local benefactors.

Burgh House currently hosts exhibitions and concerts, and is hired for weddings, receptions and other private events.