In December 2008 Matthew Hollingsworth and Hilary Taylor Landscape Associates were appointed to jointly prepare a Conservation Management Plan for the Shotover Park Estate. The purpose of the Plan is to provide an overview of the Estate, it’s historical importance and the condition of the parkland and buildings. Since then Spirit Architecture have repaired the Model Farm buildings and Gothic Eyecatcher Temple with the aid of grants from Natural England. The Estate was established in the C17th with the first “Ranger’s Lodge” thought to have been built in the latter part of the C17th. The main house was then built in the early C18th and the formal gardens laid out at the same time. The House builder is not known but believed to be William Townesend who was at the time working with Hawksmoor at Queen’s College, Oxford. In the 1730s William Kent was involved in the design and layout of the gardens including the temple and obelisk The Main House, the Ranger’s Lodge, the Stables and garden buildings have all been included in the Plan including the William Kent temple and the Gothic Eyecatcher Boathouse, the focal point of the lake.