Holt & Company Limited purchased the distillery and its extensive stock in 1922 and around 1928, transferred it to DCL subsidiary Scottish Malt Distillers.
[1] Production at the distillery ceased for a period from about 1926–28 and lasting until 1937 when it resumed only to be halted again at the onset of World War II due to the fuel and barley rationing instituted by the government.
Production resumed in 1948 and continued until DCL closed permanently the distillery in 1983.
[3] Somerfield purchased the store in October 2004 as part of a larger sale.
[4] Bottlings of North Port Distillery Single Malt are still available.