Gardener's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Gardener's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hushed-mortar-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gardener's Cottage, Old Hall Drive, Widmerpool, NG12 5PZ
- OS grid reference
- SK 630 281
- Coordinates
- 52.84754, -1.06553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gardener's Cottage is a cottage built in 1832, though it likely has an earlier core. It features a render over rubble and red brick construction with a plain tile roof. The building has two red brick gable stacks, one of which is external. The gables are adorned with plain bargeboards. This single storey plus attic structure has three bays, with the left bay projecting and gabled.
In the front, there is a single two-light Gothick glazing bar casement window. To the right, a lean-to porch has a Tudor arched entrance, with "1832" inscribed above it. The right side wall contains a small rectangular opening with a modern door behind it, and there is a modern two-light casement window on the far right. Above this is a gabled dormer with tile-hung sides and a single two-light Gothick glazing bar casement. At the apex of the projecting bay, there is a clock face.
At the rear, there is a similar single bay range with an external gable stack and a two-light Gothick glazing bar casement window, along with a matching dormer in the attic. The cottage is reputed to have served as the gatehouse to the former Hall.
Local climate
Gardener's Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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