[4] The present house was probably built by Thomas Chesshyre, an official of the Duchy of Lancaster, shortly before 1660.

Some later alterations (notably a new baroque south façade and drawing room c.1720, now lost), probably to designs by Francis Smith, were made by his son, Sir John Chesshyre.

[5] In 1800, the house was purchased by Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory nearby.

He commissioned plans, possibly from architect Samuel Wyatt, to modernise the house but they were not implemented.

[7][8] The lost south façade bore considerable similarities to Hockenhull Hall attributed to Francis Smith of Warwick.