The Grove is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Grove
- WRENN ID
- swift-turret-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Grove, Lartington Green Lane, DL12 9DD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 014 177
- Coordinates
- 54.55463, -1.97858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grove is a house dating to circa 1840, and possibly incorporating fabric from an earlier 18th century building. It is constructed of squared sandstone rubble; the main block has a graduated green slate roof, while a section to the left has Welsh slate. Stone chimney stacks are present.
The house is two storeys and a basement, with a symmetrical five-bay facade. Features include raised quoins, a low plinth, and sill bands. A four-step approach leads to a central, 20th-century gabled porch with a replaced glazed door. Small basement windows are blocked on the left side and have iron bars on the right. Four-pane sashes, some with intermediate glazing bars removed, and some replacements, are set in projecting surrounds. The building has coved eaves and a low-pitched, slightly-swept hipped roof. Stepped and corniced lateral stacks are evident.
A two-storey section to the left return, possibly part of an earlier house, has altered openings and a monopitch roof. The rear of the main block displays a scatter of 12-pane sashes.
Inside, a dogleg staircase with two flights and a landing rail features knopped turned balusters and a ramped handrail.
Local climate
The Grove sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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