In 1707, Sir Richard Child sold the Hall to Christopher Crowe, who sold it to William Hunt in 1728, having obtained a private act of Parliament, Crowe's Estate Act 1727 (1 Geo.

[1][2] It remained in the Hunt family until 1801, when it was sold to the politician John Maitland.

[1] In 1847, his father died unexpectedly, and in 1848, the family moved nearby to the smaller Water House.

[1][3][4] In 1869 the Woodford Hall estate was sold to British Land for redevelopment, but was used as Mrs. Gladstone's convalescent home until 1900, when it was demolished.

[1] In 1902, the Parish Church Memorial Hall was built at the front of the site.