During the Second World War, the Mazehouse, which was unoccupied at the time, was requisitioned for military use. The house is ideally placed not far from the east coast and was used initially as a training centre for SOE recruits.
 
Later on in the War, however, it seems that the house was used by the secret services for a very different purpose. Certainly at one stage late in the War, the house was used as a radio broadcasting station. It was at this time that the writer Raymond Williams, among others, was stationed in the house.
 

The legend of King Lucy has long been associated with the area - a small local Iron Age earthwork is traditonally known as Lucy's Castle and a much weathered medieval statue that currently stands outside the church of St Dymphna's is commonly called King Lucy or King Luck and touched for good fortune.

By the middle of the nineteenth century the Mazehouse had become the rectory for the nearby church of St Dymphna and home to the Brightleys, the family of the Rev Dr Brightley, the parish vicar. As with many of the lives associated with the house, the story of the Brightleys is a sad one, for all the salacious delight it afforded the newspapers of the time.

The Maze House stands on a hill that gives it commanding views of the area. It is border on two sides by woodland, and on the other two by fields.

Within the grounds there are out buildings - Victorian in origin - and a medieval wall believed to belong to an Abbey that once stood on the site. The garden also possesses a large pond that may once have been a fishpond for the same Abbey.

The front of the house - the complete three floors with the central staircase - are the earliest part of the house. The rooms themselves are Georgian but contain earlier structural elements.