sentences:  In the 19th century a considerable amount of money was spent on improving its agriculture, but the Long family saw little return for their expenditure, and the changes in taxation on agricultural land brought about by the Lloyd George government made it financially unviable.In 1914, during the First World War, Lord Long offered Rood Ashton and another of his properties, Culworth House in Northamptonshire, for use as convalescent homes for wounded soldiers and sailors.The house and the remaining were put to auction by Lord Long's executors in February 1930, six years after his death.