The Head Gardener's House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. House.

The Head Gardener's House

WRENN ID
third-flagstone-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1986
Type
House
Address
The Head Gardener's House, Harewood
OS grid reference
SE 306 444
Coordinates
53.89566, -1.53571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Head Gardener's House is a house that traditionally served as the residence for the head gardener on the Earl of Harewood's Estate. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and is constructed from punch-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a symmetrical facade with five bays, quoins, and a doorway that includes an overlight. The windows are 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor, with smaller 9-pane sash windows on the first floor. The openings have raised plain stone surrounds, and the windows are fitted with projecting sills. Notably, the second bay includes dummy windows. The house has a hipped roof with two ridge stacks and an additional stack located at the back at eaves level.

Local climate

The Head Gardener's House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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