Its origins are older but the present building was built for the 10th Viscount Falkland and his wife by the architect Anthony Salvin.

[1] In the same year, Falkland married Lady Amelia FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of William IV and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan.

[a] It was used subsequently as a family home, a billet during World War II, and the headquarters of a chemicals company.

Its first guest was reputedly the singer Liam Gallagher, who described it as a "top gaff [with] nice people".

The architectural historian Jill Allibone considered the hall "a rather large, plain classical building",[10] describing it as Salvin's first foray into the Italian villa style.