Lake House

A parallel wing, which partly fills the internal angle of the L, is thought to have been built to accommodate a Georgian staircase in the late 18th century.

The buyer, Joseph Lovibond, had the house thoroughly restored under the direction of architect Detmar Blow working with the advice of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

Detmar Blow again oversaw the restoration, altering the plan and using appropriate late 16th- and 17th-century chimneypieces and panelling salvaged from other buildings of the period.

At the south-east corner a single-storey dining hall was built, with a barrel-vaulted ceiling and large oriel window; a spectacular seventeenth-century carved stone chimneypiece; panelling and a carved frieze dated 1633, to which Bailey had his family initials added; and a plaster ceiling from a London livery company.

To the north of the dining hall were added kitchens and offices on two levels, extending across the east part of the house.

[4] Sting recorded his album Ten Summoner's Tales in the house, and the couple run an organic farm on the estate.

It is the largest meteorite known to have fallen in the UK, and is thought to have been hidden in a prehistoric burial mound, before being excavated in the 19th century by Edward Duke.