[1] The house, originally built in the early 15th century but extended, modified and restored by 1800, is sited within a rectangular moat.

It consists of a timber frame with brick infill and a clay tile roof.

[2] The Snagge family then sold the property to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough who left it to her grandson, the Honorable John Spencer.

The Spencers held the property until 1811 after which it passed to the Alington family, who in turn sold it to the Duke of Bedford in 1873.

Substantially renovation of the building occurred in 1880 when it was converted to be the farmhouse of Moat Farm, during which all the oak panelling was removed to Woburn Abbey.