Description

SE21SE WEST BRETTON PARK ROAD
(south side, off)

8/87 Gardener's cottage
including attached
garden walls, sheds and
cart sheds.

GV II

Cottage, garden walls, sheds and cart sheds. Early to mid C19. Ashlar,
Welsh slate roofs. Red brick garden walls. Single storey. The cottage is
centrally placed with the garden walls curving forward (south) to each side.
The sheds and cart sheds are lean-to against the rear of the left wall and
are curved on plan. The cottage: formerly a symmetrical 5-bay front the
centre bay breaking forward slightly and rusticated. Formerly a central door
(now a 12-pane sash) with flat arch. 12-pane sashes to each side, that to
far right now a doorway. Tall balustraded parapet. Hipped roof. 2 ashlar
stacks. Rear: the sheds form a low range whose window and door openings are
built skew in-line with the falling ground and are thus not rectangular. The
doors and glazing are shaped to fit. Deep plinth, moulded cornice and
blocking course. 9-bay cart shed to left of sheds, formerly open, now with
doors, separated by monolithic square stone piers with bases and caps.
Formerly the brick walls were continuous across the south side of the garden,
but the bottom wall has been demolished.

Listing NGR: SE2848213229

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428881

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