From the mid-19th century the high ground known as The Brampton was developed as the main residential quarter for the professional classes of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and many of the villas then built in spacious grounds still survive, though not now occupied in most instances as dwellings.

Brampton Hill

John Jones was a railway contractor who was working on the new North Staffordshire Railway branch line to Newcastle-under-Lyme which opened in 1852. John Jones bought 7 acres of land on the west side of the Brampton and  built a couple of large houses with substantial grounds.    

One of these houses was Brampton Hill which was built in 1853.

The house was purchased around 1854 by Joseph Cooper an Ironmaster and Aldermaster of Newcastle Borough. 

By 1895 it was occuped by James Lovatt a army clothing manufacturer ( who was a subscriber to the 'Collections for a History of Staffordshire', edited by the William Salt Archaeological Society - 1895 - he still occupied the house in 1907. 

At some time in the 20th C the house was used as the headquarters of the Downing Brick Company.

Currently [2011] occupied by Synectica Solutions.

A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8;
Andrew Dobraszczyc notes