Mount Congreve

Detached three-bay two-storey head gardener’s house, c.1875, retaining original aspect. Pitched slate roof (gabled to window openings to first floor) with red clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Set in grounds shared with Mount Congreve in walled garden.

A well-proportioned house, the scale and fine detailing of which attests to its function as the residence of a senior employee on the Mount Congreve estate. Very well maintained, the house retains its original form and fabric. The house, together with the remainder of the ancillary structures in the grounds (including 22901714, 23, 25 - 6/WD-17-14, 23, 25 - 6), is of additional significance as a reminder of the various activities undertaken in the maintenance of a large-scale estate.