In 1919 W T Hobbs had moved in, and he applied for planning permission to add a greenhouse and billiard room. He stayed until 1926 when bought John White the house.

Over the next few years John White began to buy the land surrounding the house. He later renamed the house "Ferrers Mere" and he added a pair of fine wrought iron gates. In the 1940s he began farming on the land he had acquired.