After Francis's wife Magdalene died in 1596, Hastings sold the court with the rest of the manor to Matthew Ewens, one of the Barons of the Exchequer.

[3] Around 1800 the courtyard was turned into a ballroom and the south façade rebuilt in Georgian style.

[6] During the 1980s the interior fittings and decoration of the adjacent Church of St Michael were damaged beyond repair.

The local sculptor John Robinson designed modern figures to replace them.

Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of the stables at North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.