The estate was founded as a management manor of the Roma cloister in the 13th century. Later, it belonged to the noble families of de la Gardie and von Stenbock. The two-storey Baroque main building erected in the 17th–18th centuries was reconstructed in the High-Classical style in the 1820s.

A number of grand outbuildings were constructed in the manor in the 18th–19th centuries. Today, the manor houses a hotel, restaurant and conference centre. Additional information - hotel & restaurant: http://www.kolgahotell.ee/, kolgahotell@holgahotell, +372 607 7477; museum: kolga.muuseum@kuusalu.ee, +372 607 7177, +372 53 332 299

By the historical distribution the manor was in Kuusalu Parish in Harjumaa County. By the present administrative distribution it belongs to the Kuusalu Municipality in Harjumaa County.