[2][3] The house was unoccupied after the deaths of both Horrocks in 1842 and his son four years later, until 1860 when it was sold to the Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters, to become Lark Hill House School for girls.

In that year, the Lark Hill sixth form merged with the sixth forms of the other two Catholic grammar schools in Preston, namely Winckley Square Convent School and Preston Catholic College, to form Cardinal Newman College,[4] named after John Henry Newman.

At the turn of the 20th century, Newman had a successful football team, and old students often continued to play together after their college years for the nearby Preston Winckley F.C.

A resurgence in recent years has seen the club win the Lancastrian Brigade Cup, with promotion to the Premier division of the Mid Lancashire League and the inclusion of a reserves team following soon after.

The club still sports their traditional green and white hoops and after playing on their own Riverside pitch for one hundred years, now play at BAC/EE Preston social and sports club.