Built around 1907 for John Roe Hickman of the toolmaking firm of Buck and Hickman, Stotfold, this huge baronial style house, remained a family home until its conversion to flats in the mid fifties.

Mavelstone Road and surrounds remain a quiet backwater with unsurfaced roads and a surprisingly high survival rate for early 20th century residences.

Modern developments have been restricted to larger upmarket housing.