How Hill House

The house was designed in the vernacular revival style by the English architect Edward Thomas Boardman in 1903 who intended it to be his family's country retreat.

Years later it was sold to Norwich Union who eventually gifted the house to the How Hill Trust, an environmental education charity.

[2] The house became the property of Edward's son, Christopher, who was notable for winning gold in sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

[2] Just prior to the alteration period in 1910, Edward Boardman had 70,000 trees planted on the estate and set out the formal gardens to the south and the west of the property.

[2] His son, Christopher, was given an oak sapling by Adolf Hitler for winning a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.