Mike is the Conservation Officer for Bassetlaw District Council  and has been involved with issues relating to the conservation of old and important buildings.

This talk plots the history of the building

Notable owners include the 4th – 9th Earls of Shrewsbury, 14th and 15th Earls of Arundel, 4th – 12th Dukes of Norfolk and the 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The house itself has been rebuilt a number of times for reasons which include a disastrous fire. The present building represents the surviving remnant of what was once one of the most ambitious country house projects ever conceived in England. The surviving portions — the stable block, service wing, and part of the eastern range — were subsequently reformed into the present house, which has been in private ownership since the late nineteenth century and is not open to the public.