 In the 1860s the Borlase family were listed as one of two major landholders in the parish of Morvah and by 1893 the Misses Borlase were the ladies of the manor at Morvah.The house was modernised in 1879 with larger windows on the front of the house and annexes built on the east and north.At that time there was extensive grounds with good specimens of giant redwood ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") and the largest hollies ("Ilex aquifolium") in the neighbourhood.