Sutton commissioned the architect Charles Robert Cockerell to alter and remodel the house and expanded the grounds and park.

[3] Stephens was said at the time to be the richest commoner in England and commissioned the present house which was built between 1857 and 1862 by William Burn.

He was married to the French ballerina Yolande (Pauline) Duvernay for whom he had a Catholic chapel built out of native flintstone.

[citation needed] Ernest Hemingway is said to have propped up Lynford's Royal Wellingtonia bar with Sir James Calder, in the 1930s.

The estate house was also used by American forces during World War II, and they installed a hot-water central-heating system for the main building.

It was bought by Gerald F. Rand in 1970 who converted the house into a private home cum motel, with function facilities.

The British Comedy Society unveiled a blue plaque at Lynford Hall to remember the World War Two-set sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!