Gosforth House now known as Brandling House is a Grade II listed building built as a mansion house and now serving as a hospitality and conference centre at Gosforth Park

Gosforth Park

Gosforth Park is a park north of Gosforth in the borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It houses Newcastle Racecourse, a Marriott hotel, two golf courses, a garden centre and a football centre....

 Racecourse, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

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England

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The Gosforth estate of about 2000 acres (8.1 km²) was owned from about 1509 by the Brandling family

Brandling of Newcastle

The Brandlings of Newcastle were a wealthy family of merchants and land and coal owners in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland.-Early Brandlings:...

. The house was built between 1755 and 1764, to a design by architect Payne, by Charles Brandling who also laid out the park and a 50 acres (202,343 m²) lake.

Charles John Brandling (1797–1856) suffered financial problems as a result of which he sold the estate in 1852 to Thomas Smith.

In 1880 the house was sold with 807 acres (3.3 km²) to High Gosforth Park Ltd a company formed to establish a racecourse on the estate.