The Grove

SE 30 NW 4/136 1.11.66

DODWORTH HIGH STREET (South side) The Grove

II

Large house. C17 with C19 and C20 alterations. The rear part may be entirely C19. Thinly coursed rubble with quoins, deeper, squared courses at rear. Part rendered. Stone slate roof. Double-depth plan. Two storeys. Three-bay front. The centre bay was formerly gabled but the left part of the gable has been raised as a parapet to join the taller left bay. 5-light double-chamfered windows, with hoodmoulds, to left bay. Central bay has entrance to right and a 3-light front-faced mullion window with early glazing. Large C19 double-chamfered window to first floor. The right bay is rendered at ground floor level with a doorway and has a 5-light double- chamfered window with hoodmould to first floor. Hollow-chamfered gable copings on moulded kneelers with finials. Ashlar ridge stack between bays 1 and 2. The left return is rendered and has a 5 over 5-light double-chamfered window to ground floor, the inner frame, mullions and transom being made of wood. 4 over 4-light transomed, double-chamfered window to first floor. Foiled vent in apex. The rear part of the building may be a separate build. The symmetrical 3-bay facade has a central portico with tapering octagonal piers and backing pilasters. Round-arched window above. Wide tripartite windows with grooved lintels. Paired stone brackets to gutter. Gable stacks.

Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE3176405058