Grove Farmhouse

Grove Farmhouse is a farmhouse demonstrating development across the late 16th or early 17th century, the early to mid 18th century, and the late 18th century. It presents as an irregular linear structure built in three distinct phases. The earliest section of the house is timber-framed with painted render infill panels on a rubble stone plinth. This section is joined to 18th-century brick cross wings with a plain-tile roof. Later phases involve brick construction with a dentil course under the eaves and gabled and hipped roofs, featuring projecting brick chimneys.

The earliest eastern section is of two storeys with an attic and cellar. The front has twin gables, with a three-light casement window to the left gable and two-light casements to the attic. The right return side shows a timber-framed gable, characterized by square framing three panels high with jowled posts, leaded-light casements, and a double trenched purlin roof. The gable-end truss has a straight tie beam with a cyma moulded chamfer and run-out stops; principals have parallel raking struts half-lapped to form a diagonal pattern. The rear of this section also exhibits square framing with mullion windows, some with leaded lights, and a tiled gabled dormer window. A mullioned four-light cellar window completes the rear.

A central two-storey range connects the earliest and later sections, featuring a two-window front with 8/8 sash windows in elliptical-arched openings, and multi-pane casements at ground floor. A six-panel entrance door is located to the left, sheltered by a projecting tiled gabled porch. The rear of this range presents a mullion and transom window with leaded lights within a segmental-arched opening.

The main western range, dating to the 18th century, is a three-storey and cellar structure with a formal facade to the west-facing return side. This elevation has three 6/6 sash windows with gauged brick lintels; the center window is extended downwards with a wooden apron to a porch. Attic windows are 3/3 sashes, while the ground floor features two venetian windows with 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes and Gothic-style intersecting glazing bars to the centre heads. A semicircular, flat-roofed brick projecting entrance porch provides access via a six-panelled door with a fanlight featuring Gothic-style intersecting glazing bars, set within a stone doorcase with plain pilasters and entablature. The north-facing return side is distinguished by a two-storey canted bay window with a hipped slate roof and three 6/6 sashes to each storey; a 3/3 attic sash also features.

The interior of the farmhouse has not been inspected.