Its country house in the Palladian Style dates to c. 1760–1770, with wings designed by Richard Pace added in 1817.

[7] The war memorial is different from most, consisting of a stone base, topped by a wooden crucifix, also known as a "hooded calvary".

Most of the WW1 casualties died on the Western Front, but two naval officers, Commander Arthur Silvertop, RN aged 38, & Lt.

James Collier Foster Harter, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, elder son of George Loyd Foster and Frances Geraldine Harter nee Coke of Salperton Park, who died of wounds about 28 November 1917, 13 miles from Jerusalem essaying to deliver the Holy Land from the Infidels (for which an ancestor of his had also fought 1247 – 1260) and is buried at Suffa in Palestine aged 28.

Francis Somerled Joseph Silvertop, Oxfordshire Yeomanry of Minster Acres, Northumberland, killed in action at Cuillemont Farm 20 May 1917 aged 23 and is buried at St. Emelie and Jesus looking on him loved him.On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Haselton.