The present Addington House is the much altered remainder of the ancient Mansion House, after, the then Lord Addington had demolished the rest in 1857. At the same period, on a new site, he had another Manor House built, designed by Philip Hardwick, which was subsequently pulled down, and is now the location of the present, neoclassical style Manor, which was built by Michael Waterhouse for Mr SmithBingham. Addington was used as the headquarters for the Parliamentarians twice during the Civil War, and it is thought that the ancient barn attached to Addington House, was almost certainly used by the troops. In the wall near the barn can be seen the resited village stocks and in the fields part of the moat can still be found. At the time that the Domesday Book was written, Addington belonged to Odo Bishop of Bayeaux, the half brother of William the Conquerer. The Living and the Rectory were given in 1222 by the, then, owners the FitzBernards to the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem and so continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1542. It then became the propety of the Curzon family, later being sold to John Busby in 1628, this was the start of a long association with the Busby family. In 1700 Thomas Busby was both the Patron and Rector and was responsible for the church restoration work in 1710. It was his two daughters Jane Busby and Anne Tynte, who set up the two Addington Charities and bequeathed the Estate to the Honourable Vere Poulett a son of the Earl of Poulett. Later owners were John Gellibrand Hubbard a London merchant, who became the first Baron Addington in 1887. He was followed by his son Egerton Hubbard and then by his son, John Gellibrand OBE third Baron. At his death, the Diocesan Board of Patronage, became patrons of the Living and the Hubbard connection with Addington ended. During the First World War the House was let as a school, after the war it became a hotel and eventually was pulled down by Mr SmithBingham at the beginning of the 1920s. The owners in 1978 were the Earl and Countess of Inchcape. During the Second World War Addington House, home of SmithBingham, was used as a residence for the Czechoslovak Military Intelligence staff and families.

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