[4] In 1810 Earl of Darlington successfully laid claim to the Pulteney Estate after the Countess of Bath died intestate in 1808.

[5] Newport House was then bought by William Hazledine, a Coleham ironmaster in 1821 and subsequently acquired by a Mr John Hughes in the 1840s.

[4] In the late 19th century it served as the home of Edward Burd, a surgeon at the Salop Infirmary.

[4][6] In 1917 Newport House was acquired by the municipal borough of Shrewsbury, which had previously used part of the Shire Hall in the Market Square as its meeting place.

[9] The opportunity was taken at the time to carry out an archaeological survey which identified a sherd dating back to the late Saxon era.