[1] At the time of the Civil War the house was the home of Sir Francis Gamul, a Royalist supporter and colonel of the Town Guard.

[2][3] Following the Great Fire of London the town Assembly ruled in 1671 that all the houses in the main streets should have roofs of slate or tile.

[5] In the 20th century the house became unoccupied and neglected; when Nikolaus Pevsner visited Chester in the late 1960s he reported that it looked derelict.

On the west wall of the hall is an ornate sandstone fireplace with decorated pilasters carrying a carved frieze and cornice.

[1] On the fireplace is a painting of the arms of the Gamul family, which Pevsner considers was executed by Randle Holme.