The Grove

WOOTTON THORNTON ROAD TA 01 NE (west side) 3/36 The Grove (formerly listed as Wootton Grove) 6/11/67 GV II House. C18 origins, with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Rendered brick, incised in imitation of ashlar. Concrete tile roof. Approximately rectangular on plan: 2-room central entrance hall south front with wing to rear left of 2-rooms (originally 3) and later addition in angle. 2 storeys, 4 first-floor windows. Plinth, banded rustication to ground floor. Flight of 3 stone steps to recessed 2-leaf fielded-panel door in raised surround with moulded pediment. Recessed sashes with margin lights and sandstone sills to ground floor. Moulded first-floor band. Similar first-floor windows with recessed panels below. Stepped eaves. Axial and end stacks. Left return of 4 bays with similar windows. Right return of 4 bays has three 12-pane sashes to each floor. Interior: contains C18 chimneypieces inserted in 1920s: to ground floor right in carved pine with fluted pilasters, acanthus capitals, Gothick frieze with floral decoration; to ground floor left with central panel and festoons in frieze; to rear left in white marble with fluted pilasters, carved urns and green marble insets to frieze.

Listing NGR: TA0896216210