A historic building, empty for several years, has been given a new lease of life as a nursery.

The one-time head gardener's house for Nonsuch Mansion, known as Nursery Lodge, will become home to the Little Oaks Nursery pre-school from September.

The lodge has had a number of uses over the years and was last in occupied by the Montessori Nursery School but has now been empty for six years.

Angela Clift of the Little Oaks Nursery said: "Nursery Lodge is the ideal place for young children to learn given its woodland setting and historical gardens and we hope this will become a great addition to the park."