[a][1][2][3] The cradle of Henry V was long thought to have come from Courtfield, although modern furniture historians consider that the crib, now in the Royal Collection, post-dates his birth by at least a century.

[5] In his The Excursion down the Wye, published in 1808, the Monmouth antiquarian Charles Heath writes that William Vaughan pulled down the original house and “erected a very handsome mansion, compatible with the comforts of modern life.” Heath states that the architect for the building was Mr Maddox of Monmouth, although modern sources disagree (see Architecture and description).

[d] A convert to Catholicism, Eliza became extremely devout, and five of her six daughters became nuns while, of her eight sons who survived childhood, six became priests, including three bishops.

Alan Brooks, in his 2012 revised Herefordshire Pevsner Buildings of England, notes the "unconvincing" arrangement of pilasters and pediment.

[15][16] Brooks further notes the Soanean influences in the interior of the house including vaulted ceilings, domed skylights and curved bay windows.

[16] The chapel built by the Vaughans in the 1880s, and subsequently used by the Mission,[17] a hermitage in the grounds,[18] and a dower house, Glenwye, also have Grade II listings.