It is now owned by Sorø Academy The half-timbered main building dates from the beginning of the 19th century.

In the late 16th century Nørup was a copyhold under Sorø Abbey which after the Reformation had been converted into a royal fief.

Haxen's widow married Niels Fogh who then owned the estate until it was sold in auction in 1710, Im 1716, Mørdrup was acquired by Christian Luxdorph.

He died just 42years old in 1736, leaving a wife, Susanne Magdalene Worm, and their 10-year-old son, Bolle Willum Luxdorph.

In 1772, Skeel's widow sold it to Eggert Christoffer Knuth, count of Knuthenborg and Gyldensten and occupant of Lerchenfeldt.

His widow Dorothea Elisabeth married the estate's tutor, Peter Diderik Ibsen.

In 1825, Ibsen obtained a position as parish priest on Funen and Mørup was then sold in auction.