[1] The college was founded in 1460 by George Neville and the Earl of Warwick to house twenty-three priests and a provost.

[3] While the college was not a monastic establishment, it was affected by the Dissolution of the Monasteries, as in 1548, the building was converted to a substantial house, with later tenants including Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle.

Around this time, a single main staircase was added, which survives, while a room to the south-west has remains of wall paintings from this era.

In the 17th century, the "Bishop's Chamber" was created on the first floor, to the west of the great hall, and it survives largely intact.

The doorway itself is a replacement, but the coats of arms above are from about 1670, and carvings of Saint Christopher and the Virgin and Child either side of the entrance also survive.