▁hall ; ▁commission ing ▁August us ▁P ugin ▁( f am ous ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁H ouses ▁of ▁Parliament ) ▁to ▁design ▁a ▁replacement . ▁Am bro se ' s ▁fin ances ▁were ▁in ▁decl ine , ▁however , ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁undert aken . ▁Am bro se ▁instead ▁decided ▁to ▁adapt ▁the ▁existing ▁hall , ▁adding ▁a ▁large ▁Goth ic ▁m ans ard ▁roof ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁classical ▁sty led ▁hall . ▁The ▁attempt ▁to ▁mix ▁Goth ic ▁and ▁P all ad ian ▁styles ▁was ▁un success ful , ▁and ▁Nikol aus ▁Pe vs ner ▁described ▁the ▁hall ▁as ▁looking ▁“ re ally ▁rather ▁hor rible ”. ▁ ▁Following ▁Am bro se ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁family ▁were ▁left ▁with ▁a ▁difficult ▁financial ▁situation ▁and ▁needed ▁to ▁tight en ▁its ▁bel t . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁they ▁moved ▁out ▁of ▁Gar end on ▁and ▁into ▁Grace ▁Dieu ▁Man or . ▁A ▁return ▁to ▁fortune ▁allowed ▁the ▁family ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Gar end on ▁once ▁more ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁family ▁were ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁used , ▁and ▁heavily ▁dam aged , ▁by ▁the ▁army . ▁The ▁ever - in cre asing ▁cost ▁of ▁running ▁and ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁building , ▁the ▁families ▁failing ▁fin ances ▁and ▁cri pp ling ▁inheritance ▁tax es , ▁couple d ▁with ▁thre ats ▁to ▁the ▁house ' s ▁park land