He replaced the original building by the current French Second Empire styled house built in 1874 which stood in extensive grounds.

[5] In 1925 Stanley Lief (1890–1962), a pioneer in the field of naturopathy, bought Champneys, converting it into a Nature Cure resort which he ran from the 1930s for about 20 years.

[6] Champneys at Tring continued as a health resort with varying degrees of success, latterly under the ownership of a Middle Eastern consortium, until it was bought by Stephen Purdew in 2002.

[13] In July 2011, Sir Paul Stephenson, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, resigned over a stay at Champneys Tring, part of which had been a gift from Stephen Purdew,[14] and in an interview in The Guardian in August the same year, Purdew explained that certain clients receive discounts on the basis of their celebrity status or if they are journalists or hold high-ranking positions in public office: "These rugby players are paying, but they're coming on a concession rate because it's just making the place buzz.

"[15] In 2020, The Observer gave Champneys an award for the year's "worst customer service" after it denied customers refunds for bookings cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a contractual clause guaranteeing refunds for cancellations due to exceptional circumstances, then closed its phone lines.