The Park Place estate, formerly a farm known as Perkes, Strowdes or Vyne's Place, was first established as a country seat by Lord Archibald Hamilton, who bought the land in 1719 and subsequently built a mansion there. From 1738 it belonged to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and from 1751 to General Henry Seymour Conway, who enlarged the estate and began laying out the present pleasure grounds. The estate was purchased in 1869 by the paint manufacturer John Noble, who re-landscaped the grounds and employed the architect Thomas Cundy III to rebuild the main house. He also redeveloped a number of the estate's agricultural buildings in a 'model farm' style. The dairy buildings at Park Place Farm were added to the existing complex at some point between 1875 and 1900.

Built during a period of agricultural decline, the barn was designed and constructed to an unusually high standard, reputedly due to competition with a neighbouring land owner, each patron aiming for the accolade of the superior construction. In 2018, the Times named the refurbished property as “probably the coolest barn in Britain”.

From conversations with the former farmer, the barn was used for cattle (with a hay loft over), then for general storage and later for Young Farmers’ dances. He believed it had originally been used for stabling horses. More recently it was used as the dormitory in the comedy remake of St Trinian’s, before undergoing its remarkable renaissance.