Valentines Mansion
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Valentines Mansion is situated in Valentines Park
in Ilford
, London Borough of Redbridge
. Built in 1696 for Lady Tillotson, the widow of the Archbishop of Canterbury
, it was a family house until Sarah Ingleby, its last inhabitant, died on 3 January 1906. It became the property of Ilford Borough Council 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 and it was on the Buildings at Risk Register until 2009.
It has undergone an extensive refurbishment financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund
and by 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 this has also been extensively restored.
Valentines Park
Valentines Park is, at , the largest green space in the London Borough of Redbridge, between Ilford and Gants Hill. It was acquired in various purchases and gifts of land, starting in 1898 and culminating in the 1920s...
in Ilford
Ilford
Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...
, London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in outer north-east London. Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.-Etymology:...
. Built in 1696 for Lady Tillotson, the widow of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
, it was a family house until Sarah Ingleby, its last inhabitant, died on 3 January 1906. It became the property of Ilford Borough Council 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 and it was on the Buildings at Risk Register until 2009.
It has undergone an extensive refurbishment financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage...
and by 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
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
and this has also been extensively restored.
Nearby Tube Stations
- Gants HillGants Hill tube stationGants Hill tube station is a London Underground station in Gants Hill, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is served by the Central Line and is in Zone 4. It is the easternmost station to be entirely below ground on the London Underground network....
is a five minute walk from the Mansion.
Nearby Mainline Railway Stations
- Ilford mainline stationIlford railway stationIlford railway station is a suburban National Rail station located in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. Passenger services are operated by National Express East Anglia and most trains run between Shenfield and Liverpool Street...
is a five minute bus ride from the Mansion.