 Hood left the estate to his cousin, Robert Jacomb, on condition that Robert assumed the surname of Hood.The Old Hall was demolished in about 1840 for Robert Jacomb Hood, who described it in his memoirs as "too dilapidated for residence, and the situation was low, damp and unhealthy" The moat that surrounded it still remains.In 1864 the whole estate was sold to William Percy Herrick of Beaumanor Hall.