 Edwin Lutyens was employed by Edgar's wife in 1913 to design an Italianate sunken garden to the northwest of the house with arbour, alcoves and a wishing well at one end and an orangery at the other end, and Gertrude Jekyll may have collaborated with Lutyens on the design of the gardens.The house served as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War, and after the war the stables were converted into a commercial garage.The house became a hotel in 1921, and a golf course was created in the north park.