Gardener's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 2002. A Victorian Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Gardener's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- odd-pilaster-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Ilford North MP: Wes Streeting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 July 2002
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Gardener's Cottage, Valentines Park, IG1 4XA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 433 880
- Coordinates
- 51.57268, 0.06675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gardener's Cottage is located in Valentines Park and dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of yellow stock brick with red brick gauged window arches and features a hipped slate roof. The cottage is two storeys high and has a three-window front with 6/6-pane sash windows. There is a modern addition to the left that includes a new front door, and a plain return to the left side.
The interior has not been inspected.
Valentines Park was originally laid out as a formal garden in the early 18th century. Robert Surman, a banker and South Sea Company speculator, made significant improvements between 1724 and 1754, including the creation of a walled garden. The estate was acquired by Ilford Borough Council in 1899 and opened as a public park. Gardener's Cottage is adjacent to the already listed 18th-century garden walls and close to the listed dovecote. The cottage was likely reconstructed in the mid-19th century and has strong group value with this notable collection of garden buildings.
Local climate
Gardener's Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 application
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