[1] The house, which was granted Grade II* listed building status in January 1952, is not generally open to the public.

[2] The house has its origins in the 14th and 15th centuries but has been much altered and extended over many years.

The main front, designed by Henry Edward Kendall Jr. in an Italianate style, was built on to the old house in 1844.

[3] Sir George Shuckburgh-Evelyn (1751–1804) placed an order with Jesse Ramsden for a telescope in 1781, and it was delivered ten years later.

[5] He also ordered a clock from John Arnold & Son to use with the telescope at this observatory.