The house must have been completed by November 1736, when all the houses of Hermits and Termits except Clifton's were sold.Paton 1942, p. 225. In 1739, the house passed to the Cliftons' son, also called William, vicar of Embleton, Northumberland. The younger Clifton rented out the property until its sale in 1757. The property was sold again in 1780.
