Description:Wheatstone Park was probably built for Thomas White, a chemist and druggist from Bilston. Thomas White was married to Louisa Augusta Brooks (1828-1908). She was one of two daughters of Alfred Brooks (1801-1878) and Jane Nott (1809-1880). Alfred Brooks was a wealthy wine merchant who had premises in St. James’s, London.
Thomas Hughes lived here in the 1870s and relatives were here until about 1902. In 1908 Mr and Mrs Underhill lived here. Frank Gaskell acquired Wheatstone Park with its adjoining Park Farm and Major Frederick Carr of the Wolverhampton Steam Laundry and Colonel Charles Horrell were tenants. When Mr Horrell died in November 1953, Roger Gaskell decided to move here with his Mother, Alice. Roger Gaskell died in June 1989.
Source: 'The Gaskell Family' by John Blamire Brown. Additional information kindly provided by Sylvia Wright.