In 1946, the estate became home to the Royal Military College of Science, since 2015 absorbed into the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and the hall served as an officers' mess, then as the college library.
From 1946 until 2015, the estate hosted the Royal Military College of Science, which was later integrated into the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in 2015. Throughout this time, the hall first functioned as an officers' mess before evolving to serve as the college library.