Nordfeld is one of many manor houses in eastern Denmark that was created when Frederick V and later Christian VII began to sell off crown land as part of the agricultural reforms of the time.

The intention was to sell the land to the local tenant farmers but Count Conrad Holck and Tyge Thygesen, who were put in charge of the sale, were opposed to the reforms.

In 1821 he was sentenced to prison until he repaid the defrauded sums and deprived of rank and noble rights.

In 1823, he passed it on to his youngest son, Otto Danneskiold-Samsøe, who was director of the Royal Danish Mail Services.

[4] The current main building was built by Frederik Wilsbech for Otto Danneskjold-Samsøe in 1774–76.

It is a one-story red brick building in Gothic Revival style with Crow-stepped gables.

[5] On each side of the building is a three-bay central projection tipped by a Crow-stepped gable.

The central projection is flanked by two crow-stepped gable dormers on both sides of the building.

It has a red tile roof with three chimneys, Herskabsstalden (stables) is also a one-story brick building.