In 1978, it was bought by the architect Kit Martin who divided it into seven houses and three flats.
Narrowly defeated in the 1997 general election, he was shortly afterwards elevated as a life peer to the House of Lords and sits as Baron Freeman, of Dingley in the County of Northamptonshire.
Dingley was elected as a Republican to the 47th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William P. Frye.
Born in Dingley, Northamptonshire, England to the Rev. Thomas Holdich, he was educated at Godolphin Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy, obtaining a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1862.