sold the estate in 1976. It passed through a series of owners, including the British Airways Pension Fund, who separated the manor house from the rest of the estate. In 1998 the 3rd Viscount's son Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne, bought the house, which had fallen into neglect, and restored it over two years. It was purchased by his cousin, Henry Guest, and his wife Nova.

The original medieval manor house was gradually replaced by later