 During World War II the address of the manor house was used atop a fictitious headed letter from 'Pam' to 'Major Martin' as a part of Operation Mincemeat, a disinformation strategy, the idea being that 'no German could resist the "Englishness" of such an address'.The present manor house is built on the site of the priory and is Grade II* listed.The house is Jacobean and the date 1619 is inscribed on one of its chimneystacks.