[1] The ground floor of the building incorporates the remains of a thatched cottage, built with stone taken from Corfe Castle, and burnt down in 1680.

[4] The building also became the venue for the meetings, held on Shrove Tuesday each year, of the local quarrymen, properly referred to as "the Company of Marblers within the Town of Corfe Castle".

[5][6] Corfe Castle had a very small electorate and a dominant patron (Henry Bankes), which meant it was recognised by the UK Parliament as a rotten borough.

[10] The trust subsequently converted the building into a museum to exhibit aspects of local history, including dinosaur footprints and the borough mace.

[11] A major programme of repair works, financed by a fund-raising campaign led by the journalist, Jon Snow, and costing £100,000, involved the restoration of the walls at the back of the building, and was completed in 2006.