It's history begins with the Edens. A bunch of royalists who held the manor of Windlestone way back in the 17th century at the time of the English civil war. By the time the fifth Baronet of the family came along, the hall we see today was built, designed by architect Ignatius Bonimi. Whom as the name suggests, had Italian descendancy and was part of a family of sculptors and surveyors. Himself being responsible for many of the country’s railway bridges, often being referred to as Britain’s ‘first railway architect’. Anyhow, his work was complete by 1821, and the Eden’s moved in.