from 1852 until her death in 1896 j. t. mayne's eldest daughter emily, and her husband, william fane de salis, were in command. they built the present service court and water tower of the manor house. their marriage was childless, so on emily's death in 1896 the house and estate passed on to her next unmarried sister margaret (d.1905), then to the youngest sister ellen-flora (1829–1907), mrs. maurice keatinge, and thence to ellen's eldest son richard keatinge. he sold it to his younger brothers maurice walter and gerald francis (1872–1965), who shared the advowson of the benefice of teffont evias with the patrons of the church of dinton. maurice died childless and gerald passed the estate to his son edgar in 1947. in 1957 the advowson was transferred to the bishop of salisbury.