In 1884 the architect Raffles Davison stated that the house "very nearly realised to me the idea of a perfect country house" and inside was "one of the most charming halls I have seen".
Born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1853, the second son of a Congregational minister, Davison was educated privately at Shrewsbury, and after showing a talent for drawing was articled to the architect William Henry Spaull in Oswestry, later working in the Manchester office of H J Paull.
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