[5] In 1788, Daylesford House was acquired by Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India, a descendant of its medieval owners.

In the following years, he remodelled the mansion to the designs of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, modelling it on the grand house he had built at Alipore in India.

The interior was replete with magnificent classical and Indian decoration (a style later developed successfully at Sezincote House nearby), with much use of silver and crimson.

The drawing room and library had furniture made out of ivory brought back from India[6] The gardens were landscaped by John Davenport (fl.

[9] The lakeside gardens with wooded walks and unusual trees and shrubs are occasionally open to the public in the summer months.