An English Heritage Level 2 historic building survey was undertaken by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) at Gardens Cottage, Home Farm, Rockingham Castle on the 5th of October 2012. The survey studied the early 20th century brick-built cottage attached to the walled garden which forms part of Home Farm. Gardens Cottage was first built with two ground floor and two first floor rooms with a single storey outhouse or store on its north-eastern side. The cottage has had only one significant rebuilding phase which took place in the late 1950s or early 1960s when the outhouse was converted into a kitchen and utility room and two extra first floor bedrooms were added on the floor above.