[3] The 1625 will of Dame Honor Procter, daughter of Ralph Green (died 1599), a court musician who played the sackbut for Elizabeth I,[4] gives some idea of life at Cowling.
She was interesting in medicine and distilling, owning a "stillytorie for roses", a bezoar stone, and a piece of so-called unicorn horn.
[6] During World War II, the property was used to house Canadian air personnel based at RAF Leeming.
After the war, it had a variety of private owners, most notably Greysham Macy, who cut a large peace symbol in the lawn as a protest against the noise caused by Royal Air Force aircraft.
The middle bay projects and contains a doorway with a rusticated Doric surround, pilasters on plinths, a frieze with triglyphs, and a cornice.
Inside, there is some exposed timber framing and some 17th-century panelling in the south bedroom, as well as roof bosses in the wing, depicting a rose and the head of James I of Great Britain.