 The poet, Chauncy Hare Townshend, was born at the house in 1798, his father having bought it two years earlier.By 1911 a Mr. P. Graham owned the house, having replaced it between 1906 and 1911 with a new house in the early 20th century Edwardian style.The Church of St. John the Baptist is of Bargate stone with chalky limestone quoins, a central tower and windows.