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