Buildings in Gedling worth a second look:–
(see also Key:heritage + Key:listed_status + Key:HE_ref)

Gedling Borough Council claim 200 buildings to have been listed by Historic England within the area that they control, and offer a PDF to download with all such buildings listed by district (the PDF is based on information from a very old listing and not updated). There are just 7 listed for Gedling Village itself. Here are six that I mapped recently + an unlisted extra:–

Hardstaff Almshouses, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1268312 (listing)
start_date=1935
name=The Mary Elizabeth Hardstaff Homes
wikipedia=en:Mary Hardstaff Homes
One of the ladies living here gave me the 3rd Degree interrogation, and with good reason. Many folks photograph these Almshouses on Arnold Lane due to their Grade II listing. The lady did not mind that, but she did mind folks that saw the photos then came round & nicked stuff from the gardens (there are many fine displays of gnomes & such-like in front of the homes). I was sorely tempted to picture some of them, but promised her that, on this occasion, I was photographing only the building:–

Manor Farmhouse

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1227477 (listing)
start_date=mid-1700s
name=Manor Farmhouse
Manor Farmhouse was bought by Jane Neave (JRR Tolkein’s aunt) at the same time as she & her partner bought Phoenix Farm + a hundred-odd small parcels of Earl Manvers’ land in 1911. The farm contains a unique round turret within the body of the farmhouse. Here is a recent picture of it:–

All Hallows Church, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade I
HE_ref=1235924 (listing)
start_date=1089
name=The Parish Church of All Hallows
This is Gedling’s local CoE church, and the church authority states it to be constructed in start_date=1089 A.D.. I mapped it recently, and here are a couple of views:–

The Countess of Carnarvon’s Fountain, Gedling

pmsa_ref=10541 (listing)
start_date=1874
name=Carnarvon's Fountain
As recorded by the Public Monuments & Sculpture Association this is a fine — though non-working — public Fountain donated to Gedling on December 1874 by Lady Carnarvon (Lady Evelyn Stanhope, wife of the 4th Earl). Lady Evelyn died in 1875 & the Earl remarried.

The Fountain stands near the centre of Gedling alongside the junction of Main Road & Arnold Lane. A large cast-iron downpipe is supposed to deliver water into a large trough (for horses) and a smaller trough at the base (for dogs). From U3A research (pdf) the local Hunt would meet here & make use of the trough. The U3A declare that the Fountain was fed by water pumped from Allwell Spring. They further declare this spring to have been located at the corner of Arnold Lane and Lambley Lane (0.5km distant), and that a Windmill stood above it & pumped the water into two cisterns & thence down to the Fountain.

As the name “Allwell” implies an everlasting stream, you may not be surprised to hear that it failed after just 50 years (1924), that the Fountain has been dry ever since, and that the windmill was torn down shortly after. In addition, Ouse Dyke is barely 100m away from the Fountain and may have been a better option, but never mind.

86 + 88 Main Road, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1227485 (listing)
start_date=mid-1800s
Main Road is an extension of Arnold Lane after it meets the village centre, so I guess that it should be no surprise that all of these listed buildings are quite close to each other. Having said that, and although they are very nice, I fail to understand why these two semi-detached cottages have been given Grade II status:–

24 Shearing Hill & Adjoining Stable, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1227496 (listing)
start_date=early-1700s
Shearing Hill is an extension of Main Road, so the comments applied to the Main Road cottages also apply to this former farmhouse. The building is perfectly classic to it’s date of construction in that it is built with it’s gable-end facing the street. It is actually divided into two houses, with #22 closer to the street; only #24 is shown here:–

11 + 15 Wood Lane, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1264629 (listing)
start_date=late-1700s
Wood Lane is an extension of Main Road and close to the village centre, although it became isolated by the now-abandoned mineral railway (that line was originally part of the Great Northern Line, built in 1875). That isolation has allowed Wood Lane and it’s near neighbours to retain a distinct rural feel. These two semi-detached cottages — the only houses on Wood Lane until very recent times — have been given Grade II status:–

Gedling House, Wood Lane, Gedling

heritage=2
heritage:operator=he (“Historic England”)
listed_status=Grade II
HE_ref=1265315 (listing)
start_date=1781
Wood Lane is an extension of Main Road and close to the village centre, although it became isolated by the now-abandoned mineral railway (that line was originally part of the Great Northern Line, built in 1875). That isolation has allowed Wood Lane and it’s near neighbours to retain a distinct rural feel. This house has been given Grade II status and is claimed by Historic England to be c1820; the records of the local history society reliably date it at 1781:–

Postscript

Interesting that the map-search for Historic England uses OpenStreetMap (only the OS map if 16/17/18 close-in view, but OSM if pulled back).

Update 4 July 2022

Mapillary has changed it’s download URLs & therefore all links within my diaries that used photos stored in Mapillary in the old format are broken. I’m slowly going through to update them. The new URLs are terrifyingly long, but show OK on my screen (and I hope also on yours).