It was sold to the Stonehouse family in the later 15th century who passed it around 1560 to Sir Thomas Fludd (d. 1607), a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I.

[2] At the end of the 17th century, it was owned by William Cage, three times member of parliament for Rochester, who carried out extensive alterations.

[1] In the mid 19th century, the house became the property of Sir Brook Bridges on his marriage to Fanny Cage.

Large sash windows on both floors of each are framed with decorative gauged brickwork.

The central projection of the north wing is topped by a pediment containing an oval Oeil-de-boeuf window and the main door in its centre is flanked by Corinthian pilasters supporting an entablature and frieze with the initials "WC".

A two-storey mid 18th-century bay extends the right return (west end) of the north wing.