Shurland Hall is sadly now neglected but once boasted that Henry VIII dined there in splendour. Today the only diners here are the sheep. The original owners were the De Shurland’s. In 1188 Adam De Shurland lived rather well as he boasted one mill, 410 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 700 acres of marsh, that gave him a good return with rent from the cottages that he owned

During the First World War troops were billeted at Shurland Hall, but after the war it was found that it had suffered considerable damage. There has been no record of anyone living in the Hall since, although "listed" it is looking in a very sorry state.

It has been rumoured that there was a system of tunnels that linked Shurland Hall with Warden Manor, Borstal Hall and Minster Abbey providing escape routes for the nuns in times of trouble, or more likely for another reason. Warden Manor was built in the 15th Century and was used by smugglers during the 18th Century. On the arrival of a ship off Warden Point a homing pigeon would warn the smugglers at the manor that a cargo was to be off-loaded into the sea . The cargo was floated in and beached at Barrow Brook Gap then taken to Warden Manor. Opposite Warden Manor a narrow lane leads to the coastguard station. Just beyond here at the bottom of the valley is Burrows Brook Gap where the smugglers landed their booty. Perhaps the tunnels were used by the smugglers!