The Manor House was constructed in the late 18th Century during the Napoleonic wars. Previously it is believed to have been a Huguenot settlement during the reign of Henry VIII, while the diarist Parson Woodbridge stayed at the house, as did Jane Austen. In 1800 it was owned by Charles Jenkinson, formerly Baron Hawkesbury and 1st Earl of Liverpool. His son Robert Banks Jenkinson inherited it in 1808, and was Prime Minister for 15 years. The battle of Waterloo occurred during this time and it's thought that Lord Wellington visited the house while it was a hunting lodge. The 1851 census shows two families living there, one being Charles Long with his wife Anne, his children, and 18 servants and their families. In 1925 Lord and Lady Allen Apsley bought the house but in 1942 Lord Apsley was killed in a flying accident. Paranormal activty in the manor has included the figure of a good looking, tall man seen throughout the manor, thought to be Robert Banks Jenkinson. A phantom woman has also been seen walking from the bathroom into the bedroom and the corridor outside the Art Deco room. She may be Robert's mother Amelia, who died giving birth in this room. The spirit of a child has been spotted sitting innocently on the main staircase, while in the attic a sad-faced old lady as been seen sitting quietly on the bed.