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.