It was partly built in 1585, although it was never completed to the original designs and was subsequently modified.

[1][3] The house is built of local hamstone with Welsh slate roofs.

[1] The core the house consists of a screens passage with a gallery above it.

[3] Dendochronology of the wood forming the tie-beam and collar-beam trusses of the roof has shown that a construction date of 1585 is more likely than the previous estimates, which suggested an earlier date.

[9] The Vaux Park Polo Club has its headquarters at Wigborough Manor.