The park dates back to the 1770s and contains a variety of natural landscapes including the parkland of the " Deer Park, " meadow and marshland. The Hall was owned and occupied by the Garth family for generations until it was sold to a tobacco merchant Gilliat Hatfeild in the 1870s. His son, also Gilliat Hatfeild, left the core of the estate (including the house) to the National Trust when he died, 1941.
