 In 1758, John Yate, the last male, Yate family heir died.His mother died in 1777 and the Court Estate passed to her great-niece Lady Dorothy Mill, who then sold Wick Court.On her death the Court Estate passed to her daughter Sophia Del Cannes, who lived in Naples and heavily mortgage the estate which fell into a state of disrepair.In 1780 the large barn at Slowwepool farm was commissioned and built by the Hodges family.