[1] The house is located off Landguard Manor Road, about 0.66 miles (1.06 km) north of the town centre.

Nearby is Landguard Camping Park,[2] Lake Common,[3] and well as the Shanklin Cemetery which contains the HMS Eurydice memorial honouring the sailors who died in the area in 1878 during one of Britain's worst peace-time naval disasters.

[7][8] Landguard is perhaps to be identified with Levegarestun, which was held of the Confessor as an alod by two freemen, and belonged in 1086 to William son of Azor.

After her husband's death Jane married Edward Moore, and the two in June 1572 granted 'the site and capital messuage and farm-place of the manor of Langorde' to Richard Cooke of Chale for the term of 100 years.

[9] John died seised of it, then called the manor of North Landguard, in 1582, leaving a son Edward.

[6] Flora around the manor includes Lesser Dodder, Purple Broomrape, Northern Hard Fern, Savi's Club Rush.