 Between the wars, it was owned by Sir Felix Cassel, the Judge Advocate-General to the Forces.The Putteridge estate is a mixture of arable farmland and woodland; as well as the occasional visiting muntjac and fallow deer, the estate is home to Lady Amherst's pheasant ("Chrysolophus amherstiae") as well as the more common pheasant.In 1965 it was acquired by Luton Borough Council and opened as Putteridge Bury College of Education in 1966.