 On his death Delaval restored the property to the Shafto family by bequeathing the estate to his brother-in-law George Delaval Shafto (High Sheriff of Northumberland 1739 and Member of Parliament for Northumberland 1757–74).Significant alterations and improvements to the three-storeyed, seven-bayed house were carried out in 1720, 1851 and 1930.The Shafto family sold the property in 1994.