The building and gardens which occupies this site predominantly dates to the 1760s. At this time the house was owned by John Spencer a leading Iron master in the area (Coates 1963, 303). The house, which may have dated to the late 17th century, was extensively remodelled by John Carr and a local stone mason John Marsden between 1765 and 1805. From 1761 the gardens immediately surrounding the house were laid out by Richard Woods who also designed the parkland that is Cannon Hall Park (Hey 1981,79). There was a hall on this site prior to the 17th century. The estate was owned by the Canum family in the 13th century and the Bosvilles in the 14th. It is uncertain if there was a hall on this site prior to this. If there wasn't it is likely that this was within the village open field system. The area of the park north of the hall is marked on historic maps as Shutts which alludes to the blocks of strips within the open fields (Field 1972, 203). Legibility of former landscapes is invisible as the land has been fully remodelled.