The house was commissioned by Scottish artist James Coutts Michie and his wife from architect Theophilus Arthur Allen in 1910, and was completed in 1911.

In 1925, the same year that they leased the property, the two ladies commissioned an architect, J. H. Howard, to build the large north-eastern extension to the house.

[1] In 1946 the Misses Voy and Keyte-Perry sold the house and estate to Norbert Hardy Wallis, who with his wife continued to run a school on the site until 1968.

[3] Planning consent to convert the Oak Hall complex of buildings into a "care village" for older residents has been obtained by the Nicolas James Group.

[4] The main building has been converted to a country club, and 30 apartments have been built in Howard Place, Wallis Court and Weycombe House on the 25-acre site.