[1] It is located at the corner of Old Liston Road and Bridge Street, which was formerly the main route from Edinburgh to Glasgow.

The Newbridge Inn was built in 1683 on land owned by Archibald Hope of Raukellour.

On 16 July 1726 John Dundas sold the land and the Inn to James Liston for the sum of £385.15.6d.

On 6 April 6 1737 Liston sold it to Patrick Hay for "a certain sum of money as the agreed and adequate price and hold me well content and satisfied and paid".

In 1759 on 22 August, Patrick Hay sold the land and the Inn to George Reid, a brewer and farmer, for £200.0.0d.