One of the owners was William Francis Patrick Napier who wrote part of his History of the Peninsular War at a stone table in the garden of the house.

[6] In the early 19th century, while owned by Thomas Joyce, John Pinch the elder was employed to raise the central block and add a new wing at the rear.

The Huth family lived in the manor house until 1918 when they sold it to Edward and Sarah Hett.

After their deaths it was sold in a derelict condition to Herbert Doel in the 1950s who wanted to demolish it and build bungalows, however it was saved and restored.

[5] In 2012 an Archimedes' screw was installed in the River Frome to generate electricity for local houses.