 This original park enlarged during the early and late seventeenth century, but it was not until 1838 that a herd of fallow deer were introduced and that the park wall, park railings, lodges, gatehouses and ha-ha in front of the house were built.In 1771 the original house was damaged in a fire; Thomas Rumbold purchased the estate in 1774.He demolished the remnants of the house and built a new one devised by Thomas Leverton in 1777.