Above; a distant view of Gardener's Cottage, looking towards The Rookery. Ellowes would be to the right hidden by the trees.

From present-day maps, it appears that the cottage once stood on the site where the school cookery classrooms are now located.

Buildings at this location on the Ellowes estate are shown on the 1844 tithe map, including one that could have been the cottage. Originally, it appears to have been a smallholding complete with a duck pond.
The cottage could date from around the time the hall was built.
There is the possibility that this was the site of 'Faraday’s Cottage' or 'Ellers', occupied by Samuel Fereday, which pre-dates Ellowes Hall and was renowned for its gardens.

What could be an early mention in the 1851 census schedule description; "Ellowes Cottage". However no definate occupier is referred to in the schedule other than possibly John Bruce, gardener (Holloway), but equally this could have been the Holloway Lodge.

1861 census records the property as "Ellowes Gardeners House".
Occupied by Roland Kinsey, widower, gardener, with his daughters Mary Ann and Ellen.

In the 1871 census, the property was referred to as "Garden Cottage". At this time, the cottage was occupied by Edward Jones and family from Flintshire. He was the gardener and would have been working for the Cochrane family who were still living at Ellowes.
Edward Jones, aged 58, is recorded in the 1881 census as living at Ellowes with his family. His occupation is listed as ‘gardener (in charge of the Hall)’, although there is no mention of the cottage in this census.
He was still living on the estate until his death in 1889.

Thomas Harvey was employed by the Hall as coachman in the 1901 census. He was living at the cottage with his family.
Another related Harvey family were living on the estate at nearby Old Abbey Farm.

1911 census shows William Jordan, gardener, at the cottage with his family.

Gardeners Cottage was occupied by George Gittus and family in 1921, he was the Hall gardener.

Sometime during the 1930s, Annie Jones (née Caswell), then a widow, moved into Gardener’s Cottage with her sons Joseph, Herbert, and George Isaac.

Living conditions at the cottage were basic: there was no gas, electricity, or running water. Heating and cooking were done over coal fires, and lighting was provided by oil lamps.

The cottage had two living rooms, a scullery with a cellar beneath, and an adjoining coal house. Upstairs were three bedrooms.
The toilet was outside, and water had to be collected daily from the Hall.

Over time, the household grew to eight members. These included Annie’s son George Isaac and his wife Agnes; her son Herbert, who had been widowed; and her recently widowed daughter, Annie Randle, who returned to the cottage with her two children.

George and Agnes’s daughter, Doreen, was born at the cottage in 1937.

She is pictured here beside the large tree in Ellowes Park, a prominent local feature until the 1960s.

The family left the cottage in 1948, with some members moving to the newly built Stickley Estate.

Doreen remembers from her childhood at the cottage...

It looks like that there was no further occupation after this time, and the cottage fell into disrepair.

The building was eventually demolished in the early 1960s, by this time completely derelict.

Additional information kindly supplied by D. Rose.