Completed in 1874, funded by Henry Huth, a banker and MP, and designed by EM Barry son of the designer of the Houses of Parliament in the style of a French chateau. Huth was to enjoy his dream home for just 4 years as he died in 1878 and the estate was inherited by his son Edward and remained in the family until they sold up in 1925. By the 1930s the house had become a country hotel and was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War who billeted Canadian troops in both the main building and surrounding parkland.