Gardeners Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1976. Public house. 8 related planning applications.

Gardeners Arms Inn

WRENN ID
burning-rubblework-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brentwood
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1976
Type
Public house
Address
Gardeners Arms Inn, Hart Street, CM14 4AX
OS grid reference
TQ 592 936
Coordinates
51.61922, 0.29922
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gardeners Arms Inn is an 18th-century house, later serving as a public house, with a full-height 19th-century addition to the rear. It is constructed of red brick with chequered burnt headers, and has a clay tile mansard roof. The original section has a rectangular plan of two units.

The north front, or west elevation, has three bays. The central doorway has a simple hood supported by stucco pilasters and shaped brackets. A 20th-century door sits within, featuring an upper glazed panel with a shaped head and glazing bars arranged as 3x3 panes. Either side of the doorway are 19th-century sash windows with segment heads and 4x2 panes. The first floor has horned 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars; the outer pair have 4x2 panes, and the central one has 3x2 panes. There are two segment-headed lead-covered dormers, each with a 2-light casement window with 2x2 panes.

The south elevation, which is the rear, features a 19th-century addition with a hipped mansard roof. A 20th-century L-shaped addition obscures the ground floor and is not included in the listing. The first floor of the 19th-century addition has three sash windows with 4x4 panes, and a rear stack stands between the centre and west window. An east-facing dormer window with a sash window and 4x3 panes is set into the steep roof pitch.

The east end elevation has a plain brick joint marking the transition between the 18th-century house and the 19th-century addition, extending up to the 18th-century mansard gable. The 18th-century brickwork here is chequered, matching the front elevation. Two stacks are present, one per unit, with a 20th-century attic casement window between them in the 19th-century construction. The west end elevation is similar to the east.

The lower part of the front of the original 18th-century house has been rebuilt. A prominent external stack is visible. The ground floor now has a 20th-century door and a casement window with glazing bars. To the rear of the stack, the ground floor has a door with an upper glazing pattern of 2x3 panes and three lower panels. A window to the north has 3x3 panes, while three conjoined windows to the south have 2x4 panes each.

A fire-escape stair rises above to 20th-century plain doors on the first floor and attic. A 19th-century attic window with glazing bars is positioned to the south of the attic door, and a small 20th-century stack in red brick is located to the north. The interior contains no features of group value.

Local climate

Gardeners Arms Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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