 However the cottages at the rear remained lived in until the 1970s.In 1922 the Landshipping Estate, including Big House, was sold at auction.A document from 1857 described Big House as having "Bed Rooms, Hall, Parlour, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Nursery, Library, Servants Offices, Range of Stabling, Coach House, Saddle Room & Granary Over Yard, External Walled Garden, Orchards," and a wood set in nearly 6 acres.