Description

EDENHAM GRIMSTHORPE PARK
TF 02 SW

6/123 Gardeners Cottage

II*

Gardeners cottage. c.1723, possibly by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Ashlar, decorative tiled facetted roof with pineapple wooden
finial. Single ridge yellow brick stack having ashlar base and
moulded top. Rectangular plan with facetted end front. Single
storey with attics, 3 bay front having plinth, rusticated quoins,
plain frieze with raised panels, moulded cornice. Central semi-
circular panelled door with vermiculated surface, flanked by
single fixed glazing bar lights. All openings are semi-circular
headed with stepped reveals and keyblocks. In the roof is a
semi-circular headed dormer with scrolled sides, ball finials
and leaded roof. The sides are of squared limestone rubble and
have pairs of 3 light glazing bar windows and in the roof 2
pedimented dormers with glazing bar lights and rendered cheeks.
In Grimsthorpe Park, part of building work for First Duke of
Ancaster.

Listing NGR: TF0472422472

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549957

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]