Although altered in each of the subsequent centuries, this 16th century towerhouse still has a defensive feel with fluted gun-loops set in corbelled turrets. The earliest of many datestones is for 1602 and there is a fine 17th century plaster ceiling in one of the rooms of the principal floor. Among the famous owners were Rear Admiral Sir George Hope and his sone James, who was Admiral of the Fleet in the mid 19th century. In the First World War the empty house was believed to be a German spy den, before being used as a convalecent home for wounded soldiers. The grounds contain the remains of the medieval chaurch and its graveyard, as well as haw-haws and terraces.