History
The manor came into the possession of the Pyne family during the reign of Henry I (1100–1135) when Herbert de Pine took over the land.
The Pyne family held it for ten successive generations, until Constance Pyne married William Larder about the end of the 15th century. The Larders held the manor for five generations.
In the early 18th century the heiress of Stafford of Pynes married her neighbour Sir Henry Northcote (5th baronet) and took the manor to him. Sir Henry probably built the present Pynes House, a typical Queen Anne house, enlarged in 1851.
The Pyne family also gave their name to the villages of Culm Pyne and Washford Pyne.
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