Sir Ambrose and his son William did little to the house; his grandson, another Ambrose Phillipps, an accomplished gentleman architect inspired by his Grand Tour of France and Italy, started to change the house and the former abbey estate.
Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Burnside | Ambrose | Ambrose Philips | Rona Ambrose | Ambrose Swasey | Ambrose O'Brien | Ambrose (bandleader) | Thomas Phillipps | The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price | St. Ambrose University | St. Ambrose College | Marcos Ambrose | John Ambrose Fleming | James R. Ambrose | Jack Phillipps | Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener | Ambrose Schindler | Ambrose R. Wright | Ambrose McEvoy | Ambrose Lupo | Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle | Ambrose Light | ''Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral | Ralph Ambrose O'Neill | James Lynch (fitz Ambrose) | Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps | Donetta W. Ambrose | David Ambrose | Ambrose Spencer |
In 1684 the 2nd Duke of Buckingham sold the house to Sir Ambrose Phillipps (a successful lawyer) for £28,000.