In 1779, Lord Lyttelton sold 87 acres of land called Oatenfields to Lord Dudley who built this fine farmhouse. In the 19th century, Lord Dudley's tenants here included William Jarvis Hodgetts, father of Thomas Jarvis Hodgetts of St Kenelm's Hall, and Joseph Smart, whose descendants later farmed at Red Hill. Since 1915, the farm has been occupied by three generations of the Bibby family, Arthur, David and Philip.