Earlier Houses: There was an Elizabethan farmhouse on the site that was replaced by an 18th century villa, which forms the core of the current house.

House & Family History: A three-bay villa of Bath stone, circa 1776, forms the core of the current house (there is a beautiful central staircase of 1776); this was enlarged into a more substantial house in the early 19th century. In the 1850s the Conservatory was added to the East Facade, and in 1939 another expansion, this one doubling the size of the House, engorged Pypers to 40 rooms. The House has gone through a number of names: in the 16th century it was called Pipers Elms, in the 18th century it was Elm House, then The Elms in the 19th century; finally it was renamed Pypers in 1939 by the Whites, who doubled the size of the House. There has been a close link with Bristol and Pypers: the Tonges, a Bristol merchant family, made the House their seat in the early 19th century; a Mr. Gardiner, who owned a large hardware store in Bristol, made Pypers his home in the late 19th century.

Garden & Outbuildings: The late 18th century Stables and Kitchen Garden are extant. The handsome entrance gates were made for Mr. Gardiner in the late 19th century.

House Listed: Grade II

Park Listed: Not Listed

Current Seat / Home of: Sir George White, Bt.; White family here since 1938.

Past Seat / Home of: Tonge family, early 19th century. Gardiner family, late 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No