Gosforth House
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History
The Gosforth Park estate of about Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". lake.
Charles John Brandling (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 Script error: No such module "convert". to High Gosforth Park Ltd, a company formed to establish a racecourse on the estate. A fire started by suffragettes in 1914 destroyed the interior of the property.[1] Norah Balls admitted late in life to having been involved in the arson attack.[2] Restoration of the house took place in 1921.[3]
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