In 1855 the architect Joshua Sims added two wings in the same style of the original part of the house.
It is a rare survivor of formal gardens of this period, laid out along an east–west axis 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long.
The centrepiece of the garden east of the house is a straight canal, ending with a Gothic Revival folly.
The garden west of the house has a similarly long vista, ending with an octagonal temple designed in the 1730s by William Kent.
[8] "Shotover Hill" is a track on the album Supergrass by the Oxford indie band of the same name.