edward rice ordered the construction of a jacobean house on the site of an earlier medieval mansion in 1659, and it was completed the following year. turrets and battlements were added between 1760 and 1780. though the property remains jacobean, around 1856, there were significant changes made in the venetian gothic style, which today emanate the ambiance of the victorian period. the tower was added, and alterations were made by r. k. penson of oswestry. the national trust writes of it: "most of what you see of the grand building today dates back to the 1850s, when it was given a fashionable gothic facelift, with stone cladding and four impressive turrets". a limestone refacing occurred at the same time. newton house is a grade ii* listed property, as are its summer house and the inner and outer courtyard ranges. the nearby dairy cottage, ha-ha, dovecote, fountain, deer abattoir, icehouse, home farmhouse, corn barn and byre/stable range are grade ii listed in their own right.