following the closure of the academy around 1832, wymondley house became a boys' boarding school and then, in 1880, was used for its original purpose as a private house. a ballroom and conservatory were added in 1904 and in 1930 it became an approved school. used in part to house evacuees from london during world war ii, the building then became a roman catholic school and thereafter commercial premises. , it is once more privately owned housing.