[5][3] It has cement rendered walls, a portico with pediment and Ionic columns (a drawing of 1850 shows Corinthian capitals), and a slate roof.

[6] The park includes a circular pool surrounded by yew hedging and topiary shapes.

[10] He also held a very prestigious and profitable position in the Royal household given to him in 1705 by Queen Anne.

Some of the churches he designed were St.Paul’s Deptford, Birmingham Cathedral, St John's, Smith Square London and St.Mary’s Hale.

After they bought Hale Park in 1776 they commissioned the famous architect Henry Holland to remodel the house.

Joseph became very proud of his house and in 1780 he asked Angelica Kauffmann, a well-known artist of her time to paint two pictures of the family at Hale Park.

When Joseph died in 1796 he left his estates to his wife Mary[15] and she continued to live at Hale Park with some of her daughters.

She died in 1824 and her eldest son Joseph Hale (1767-1830) who had married Frances Maria Stert, inherited the house.

When he died in 1830 his eldest son Joseph May (1799-1837) who had married Elizabeth Katherine Lyons-Montgomery became the owner.

When Joseph died in 1875 the will stated that the property would be passed to his eldest son Joseph Chandler Goff who had married Lady Adela Knox (1833-1911), daughter of Sir Thomas Knox, Earl of Ranfurly.

However he predeceased his father so it was inherited by the grandson Joseph Granville Stuart Goff (1851-1881).

Hale Park was then inherited by his brother Gerald Lionel Joseph Goff (1855-1899) who was a Colonel in the Army.

It seems that the estate was run for many years by his mother Lady Adela Goff whose picture is shown.

[18] Geoffrey Skeffington Smyth (1873-1939) was a distinguished army officer in his youth and won several military awards including the DSO.

Their son Terence Skeffington-Smyth who grew up at Hale Park lived a similar lifestyle and inherited a fortune from his mother when she died in 1930.

In 1920 Hale Park was sold to Major Ernest Beresford Fitzherbert Wright (1875-1942) who was the owner until about 1926.

Their daughter Rosemary married Alfred Reginald Claude Kirby in 1925 at Hale Park.

Margaret was interested in the history of the area and wrote a book on St Mary’s Church[21] and one on the local parishes.