 Between 1889 to 1927, the house was owned by Thomas Skarratt Hall, a bank manager who had made a fortune from being a founding investor in the Mount Morgan Mine in Queensland, Australia.During the 1920s and 1930s, Weeting Hall housed a Ministry of Labour work camp.The Ministry of Labour opened a residential training centre in 1926, aimed at helping unemployed men - particularly war veterans - to acquire basic agricultural techniques.