A manor house has stood on this site since at least the reign of Edward the Confessor in the 11th Century; there are references to it belonging to a nobleman named Vlfstan in the Domesday Book. But the oldest parts of the house that visitors can see today only date back 650 years to the aisled hall built by Stephen de Gravesend, Lord of the Manor and also Bishop of London. The house has since undergone some regency and Victorian renovations and is run today as a working farm.