Former Hospital Used By WW2 Refugees On Sale For £10m

The Newport mansion has been put on the market for £10million. (Pictures: SWNS)

A former tuberculosis (TB) hospital which was used as a sanctuary for refugees fleeing Soviet persecution after the Second World War is being sold for £10 million.

It was mainly used by Latvian exiles who were displaced after WWII - but in 1953 they made it their home after escaping the post-war Soviet occupation of their country.

The ten-bedroom house is set on 427 acres of parkland and forest and was originally brought in 1712 by Lord Foley of Great Witley, who demolished the medieval house to build the present day Georgian mansion.

At the end of WWII, tens of thousands of Latvians who had been conscripted into the German army found themselves as displaced persons.

Britain was the first country to offer them work in agriculture and factories.

After establishing a base in London, the Latvian Society eventually bought the mansion.

Current owner David and Jenny Crichton Watt have owned Newport House since 2004.

Speaking previously Jenny Crichton described the mansion as "very romantic in a way", adding;

"There was one old Latvian lady left living in the gardener’s cottage.”

There is also a Victorian stable block with four flats, stunning walled gardens, a lake, and a clock tower which has been converted into a pub called The Running Spaniel.