Howick Gardens (Head Gardener's House)

Howick Gardens, also known as the Head Gardener's House, is a house dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with a later 19th-century rear wing. The front is made of close-jointed squared stone, while the returns and wing are constructed from rubble. It features a graduated Lakeland slate roof with brick stacks. The house has a T-plan layout and is two storeys high with three symmetrical bays. The central entrance has a pedimented Tuscan porch that encloses a 20th-century glazed door. The windows are 12-pane sash windows, with 6-pane sashes above. There is an eaves cornice and a hipped roof, which includes a large stepped-and-banded stack at the center. The left side of the house displays a 12-pane sash window with a 4-pane sash above it, both with slightly projecting sills. The right side features two large raking buttresses. At the rear, there is a central wing with a gable-end stack.