[1][2] It was built on the site of an earlier house by the Furtho family.
[4] In the nineteenth century, the building belonged to John Christopher Mansel.
[5][6] In May 1945, Queen Geraldine of Albania, the Queen consort to King Zog I of Albania, opened a fête at the hall.
[8] As well as the hall the other Grade II buildings on the estate are the dovecote, the stable block and the ice house.
[9][10][11] In front of the house, there is an excavated Roman bath house, viewable from the Grand Union Canal.