The Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Broxtowe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1987. Country house, theological college.
The Grove
- WRENN ID
- iron-quartz-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxtowe
- Constituency
- Broxtowe MP: Juliet Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1987
- Type
- Country house, theological college
- Address
- The Grove, Chilwell Lane
- OS grid reference
- SK 509 371
- Coordinates
- 52.92965, -1.2432
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grove is a country house, now functioning as a Theological College, built around 1810. It features stucco that has been colourwashed, with hipped slate roofs, an ashlar plinth, and dressings. The building is two storeys high, measuring seven bays wide and three bays deep, arranged in a C plan. The windows are primarily glazing bar sashes.
On the west front, there is an off-centre roofless Doric portico and a doorcase with an eared architrave. To the left of the portico, there are two sashes, and above them, three sashes. The south side has two setback bays to the right. To the left, there is a 20th-century French window flanked by a single sash on the left and five tall sashes on the right. Above this, there are seven smaller sashes.
The east side has a blocked window and door, with a sash to the right. Above this, there is a blocked window and two sashes. The rear wing on the east has two sashes and a casement, with a sash above. The rear features a round-headed sash to the left and a walkway with 20th-century fenestration to the right, with three sashes above.
Inside, there is a stone cantilever dogleg stair with iron stick balusters and a scrolled handrail. The principal rooms contain single marble and timber Classical fireplaces, and the ceilings have foliate plaster cornices.
Local climate
The Grove sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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