Their son Jeremy Sandford, the writer and director of the television drama Cathy Come Home, grew up at the house.

[9][10] In April 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Jenrick, then serving as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, became the subject of media interest when he visited the house, and his parents' home in Shrewsbury, in apparent contravention of the government's advice against non-essential travel.

[11][12][13] Eye Manor is noted for the quality of its interior decoration,[14] which Pevsner and Brooks describe as "an astonishing surprise" within an exterior "as noncommittal as a black double-breasted overcoat".

[4] The plain exterior conceals the embellished interior[16] which has "gorgeously enriched" panelling, bolection moulded stone fireplaces and "outstanding" plaster ceilings.

[3] The quality and style of the plasterwork in the house bears similarities to that at Holyrood Palace which led Geoffrey Beard, a historian of English decorative arts, to suggest that the same craftsmen may have been involved.