Garden House is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Garden House

WRENN ID
over-banister-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Garden House, May Lodge Drive, Rufford, NG22 9DE
OS grid reference
SK 645 646
Coordinates
53.17546, -1.03552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garden House is a gardener's cottage built between 1838 and 1840 by A. Salvin, designed in the Jacobean revival style. The structure is made of brick and features a plain tile roof with deep bracketed eaves and two banded, corniced gable stacks. It has two storeys and two bays, with a square plan. The windows are cross and mullioned leaded casements. On the east front, there is a 20th-century lean-to porch on the right with a concrete tile roof. The central doorcase has rebated pilasters and carved brackets supporting the cornice. Above the doorcase, there is a panel on a strapwork bracket with a hood mould, which contains an encircled 'S'. Above this, there is another panel displaying Arms, flanked by single windows, with two additional windows above.

Local climate

Garden House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 18 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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