A Grade II* listed building, in the mid-20th century the court was home to the novelist Evelyn Waugh.

[2] Evelyn Waugh lived at Piers Court from 1937 to 1956, and wrote many of his best known works there, including Scoop, Brideshead Revisited, Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen.

[1][a] In 1955 Waugh was enraged when two journalists from the Daily Express, Nancy Spain and Noel Buxton arrived at Piers Court, having previously been declined an interview.

[9] The sales arrangements were unusual, as the presence of sitting tenants precluded potential purchasers from viewing the property.

[2] David Verey and Alan Brooks, in their 2000 revised edition of Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds, in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, describe Piers Court as a "dignified and elegant house.