this land was settled about 1780 by amos emery, who built a farmhouse which stood nearby until 1900, when it was torn down. the present house was built in 1902-03 for george weld, the brother-in-law of william amory, who acquired extensive landholdings nearby for his summer estate. weld operated a summer camp for boys on the property for a few years, and eventually gave it to his son edric, later headmaster of the holderness school, as a wedding present.