Gosforth House now known as Brandling House is a

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built as a mansion house and now serving as a hospitality and conference centre at Gosforth Park Racecourse,

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History

The

Gosforth Park Gosforth Park is a park north of Gosforth in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It houses Newcastle Racecourse, Virgin Money Unity Arena, a Britannia Hotels, Britannia hotel, two golf courses, a garden centre and a football centre. It i ...

estate of about was owned from about 1509 by the Brandling family. The house was built between 1755 and 1764 for Charles Brandling (1733–1802) to a design by architect James Paine. Brandling also laid out the park and a lake.

Charles John Brandling Charles John Brandling (4 February 1769 – 1 February 1826) was an English MP and coal owner. He was the son of Charles Brandling (1733–1802) of Gosforth House, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He succeeded his father as MP for Newcastle in 1798, h ...

(1769–1826) suffered financial problems as a result of which the estate was sold, in 1852, to Thomas Smith. In 1880, the house was sold with to High Gosforth Park Ltd, a company formed to establish a racecourse on the estate. A fire started by

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in 1914 destroyed the interior of the property. Restoration of the house took place in 1921.

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British Listed Buildings, Gosforth House
Grade II listed buildings in Tyne and Wear History of Tyne and Wear Country houses in Tyne and Wear {{TyneandWear-struct-stub