DiCamillo Companion
England

Low Gosforth House

  • Earlier Houses: Joseph Laycock purchased Low Gosforth for £28,600 in 1852, demolished the existing house on the site and built a new house in the mid-1850s. This house was destroyed by fire in 1878 and rebuilt.

    House & Family History: Low Gosforth was originally part of the Brandling Estate; it was later incorporated into the Melton Park housing development.

    Comments: House was known as Low Gosforth Court.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: The stables and various outbuildings have been converted into homes.

  • Title: Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland
    Author: Faulkner, Thomas; Lowery, Phoebe
    Year Published: 1996
    Publisher: Yorkshire: Jill Raines
    ISBN: 0951649426
    Book Type: Softback

  • House Listed: Demolished

    Park Listed: Destroyed

  • Past Seat / Home of: John Anthony Woods of Benton Hall.

    Current Ownership Type: Demolished

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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