He had previously also been the owner of Tårnborg at Korsør from 1692 to 1699..[2] In 1719, Eilert sold Merløsegaard to Poul Sadolin.

[1] In 1763, Danneskiold-Laurvig's heirs sold the estate to War Councillor Peter Johansen Neergaard.

Suhr ceded Merløsegaard and Bonderup to a new family trust, Den Sturhske Stiftels.

It is a one-storey, white-washed building with a half-hipped mansard roof clad with red tile.

Merløsegaard's main building is operated as a seven-room hotel and event venue by a tenant.