In 1720 AD Thatcham Manor was sold by the crown to the Duke of Chandos, who in turn sold it to Brigadier General Waring in the same year. It was General Waring who enclosed Dunstan Park and built a fine Manor House there known as Dunstan House, which was later destroyed by fire. He was in fact the 1st Lord of Thatcham recorded in history to live permanently within the boundaries of the Manor.
