Valentines Mansion

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Valentines Mansion front entrance
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Valentines Mansion viewed from the rear

Valentines Mansion is situated within Valentines Park in Ilford, Redbridge. It was built in 1696[1] for Lady Tillotson, the widow of the Archbishop of Canterbury,[2] and remained a family house until Sarah Ingleby, its last inhabitant, died on 3 January 1906. It became the property of Ilford Borough Council in 1912[3] and was used as council offices until 1994. It is owned by the London Borough of Redbridge and operated by Vision (Redbridge Culture and Leisure) Ltd, a local charitable Trust, on behalf of the Council.

It is a Grade II* listed building[4] and was on the Buildings at Risk Register[5] until 2009. It has undergone an extensive refurbishment financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the London Borough of Redbridge. The Mansion is set in an 18th-century formal garden.

The garden itself has a Grade II listing from English Heritage and has also been extensively restored.

Nearby Tube Stations

  • Gants Hill is a five-minute walk from the Mansion.

Nearby Mainline Railway Stations

References

  1. A Potted History of Ilford 1997 Norman Gunby ISBN 0-9515832-2-0
  2. Ilford Past and Present 1901 George E Tasker. Republished by Redbridge Libraries in 1992 as ISBN 0-901616-05-2
  3. http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/valentines-park/
  4. Images of England entry accessed 21 Jan 2008
  5. Heritage at Risk: Valentines

External links

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