Stonehouse Court was listed in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book, which was written in 1086.

[2] For there, surrounded by countryside, was a manor house built in stone - quite different from the many wattle and daub buildings that were normally found.

On site, there were two mills - where still industry continues to this day - and a vineyard.

There is a possibility that the Romans, who introduced the grape into England, had planted the vineyard.

One of its masters, John Maltravers, was found guilty of involvement in the brutal murder of Edward II of England in Berkeley Castle in 1327.