Grove Farmhouse

SJ 5224-5324 MORETON CORBET C.P. PRESTON BROCKHURST

14/83 Grove Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably mid-C17, remodelled and extended in the late C19. Pebbledashed timber frame with red brick nogging; plain tile roof. 2 parallel ranges of one long and one short bay each with gables to front. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic. Pebbledashed external lateral stack to right with tiled offsets and pitched-roofed links to attic. 3 windows to first floor and 2 to ground floor; C19 wooden mullioned and transomed casements with weatherings; central first-floor window slightly projecting. Central 6-panelled door (lower 2 panels flush and upper 4 glazed) with rectangular overlight, moulded architrave, and returned wooden hoodmould; C19 lean-to timber porch. Pebbledashed and slate roofed C19 addition set back to left with brick ridge stack. 2-light wooden attic casements at rear. Interior: ground-floor front rooms remodelled in early C18 with cased paired beams and moulded cornices. C17 dog-leg winder stair to attic. Tie-beam trusses in front gables with 2 collars and queen struts; walk-through intermediate trusses; pairs of large purlins with wind braces. Blocked attic window in left- hand gable, now with herringbone brick infill.

Listing NGR: SJ5371324897