 The house originally in Tudor style dates from the 17th century but major alterations in about 1760 were carried out probably to designs by architect John Carr, including the two storey seven bay west entrance front.The impressive internal Rococo plasterwork dates from this time.A three-walled garden and lakes were laid out in the mid-18th century, creating a pleasure ground through which the family could demonstrate their wealth and status with the exotic plants they acquired through their gardener John Kennedy (1719-90) and his Hammersmith based nurseryman brother Lewis Kennedy (1721- 82) and his business partner James Lee (1715-95).