[6] The original farmhouse which forms the basis of the current Tintinhull House was built of Hamstone 1630.

In 1898 the then owner, Arthur Cobbett, added a single-storey extension to the east front before selling it to his tenant the botanist, Dr. S.J.M.

[10][11] The house is a Grade I listed building[1] and can be booked for holiday lets from the National Trust.

The garden layout was developed in the early 20th century, by Dr. Price, including laying down triangular and diamond shaped flagstone paths.

[13] The early landscaping was expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a "Hidcote" style.

From then on, the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.