Valentines Mansion

Valentines Mansion is situated within Valentines Park in Ilford, Redbridge.

Valentines Mansion front entrance

Valentines Mansion viewed from the rear

Description

Valentines Mansion is a listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England[1][2] and was on the Buildings at Risk Register 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 which is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]

History

Valentines Mansion was built in 1696[4] for Lady Tillotson, the widow of John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury.[5] For twenty years until around 1780 it was the home of Sir Charles Raymond and his family.[6] He had considerable interests in the East India Company as a ship owner and later became a banker. The house 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[7] 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.

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

Nearby Mainline Railway Stations
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References
  1. Historic England, "Valentines Mansion (1081014)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 September 2017
  2. Images of England entry accessed 21 Jan 2008
  3. Historic England, "Valentines Park (1000843)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 September 2017
  4. A Potted History of Ilford 1997 Norman Gunby ISBN 0-9515832-2-0
  5. Ilford Past and Present 1901 George E Tasker. Republished by Redbridge Libraries in 1992 as ISBN 0-901616-05-2
  6. Gray, Imogen P. Clues in Fiction: An Essex Couple's Secret Ties. The Alderton Press 2017 ISBN 9781905269211
  7. http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/valentines-park/

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