sentences:  In 1935, after the death of the tenant, the house was taken over by the 2nd Viscount Long who undertook further restoration; by then the former principal residence of the family at Rood Ashton had been sold.During the Second World War the manor housed evacuees from Kent, and was used as a convalescent home for children.In the 1950s it was occupied by the 2nd Viscount's sister-in-law Anne, who was married to Lord Rothermere.