William Bradley Wainman was from Carr Head Hall, Cowling, West Riding and was a wealthy landowner, his family making a fortune from the woollen industry in the 17th century.
Carr Head Hall was the family home of the Wainmans for nearly 300 years and various similarities to Over Silton Manor can be noted in the surrounding architecture.
William Bradley Wainman used materials and employed stonemasons from the Cowling area and they would be influenced by the fashion in the West Riding.
William Bradley Wainman was a strong supporter of field sports and built Over Silton Manor as a country retreat for the purposes of his passion for shooting.
Although now prominently woodland (planted in the 1950s by the Forestry Commission) in the time of William Bradley Wainman this would have been the edge of the moorland, covered in heather and gorse and providing the natural habitat.