Greene also had an additional house, The Wilderness, built in the grounds of Joldwynds, to a design by the modernist architectural partnership Tecton.

[3] The original house called Joldwynds was acquired by surgeon and anatomist William Bowman,[4] later Baronet of Holmbury St Mary,[5] following the death in 1870 of its owner, Henry Champion Wetton.

[4] In the same year, Bowman commissioned Philip Webb to design a replacement house in Arts and Crafts style, which was completed in 1874.

The centre of the house was occupied by a three-storey, octagonal living hall, surrounded by round arches at ground level and an arcade on the next floor, and topped by a roof lantern.

[14] In the years immediately following its construction, the house required repairs to its rendering and to leaking roofs, leading Greene to sue Hill for compensation.

Anticipating the outbreak of World War II, he also required that the construction should be achievable by a local builder, using a collection of building materials that Greene stockpiled as a precaution against wartime shortages.

[3] Joldwynds was used as a location for the TV drama Agatha Christie's Poirot in several episodes, including The Theft of the Royal Ruby and The Disappearance of Mr.