Grove Farmhouse

ASHFORD BOWDLER

SO5170 Grove Farmhouse 482-1/14/19 12/11/54 (Formerly Listed as: The Grove (Grove Farm))

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17 range, early or mid C18 extension and late C18 range. Irregular linear 3-phase development. Earliest phase: painted timber-frame with painted render infill panels on rubble stone plinth, C18 brick cross wings, plain-tile roof. Later phases: brick with dentil course eaves and plain gabled and hipped roofs, projecting brick eaves chimneys. EXTERIOR: earliest phase to east of 2 storeys, attic and cellar to brick cross wings, twin gabled front with 3-light casements to left gable and 2-light casements to attics. Right return side with, to left, single mullion and transom window with casements, to right the timber-framed gable end of C16 or C17 range; square framing 3 panels high with jowled posts and leaded-light casements, gable-end truss of straight tie beam with cyma moulded chamfer and run-out stops, principals with parallel raking struts half-lapped to form diagonal pattern, double trenched purlin roof, single 2-light attic casement. Rear of square framing 3 panels high with 2 mullion windows with later transoms and iron casements, some with leaded lights; tiled gabled dormer window with 2-light casement, mullioned 4-light cellar window. Central phase: 2-storey range facing street linking earliest and later range; 2-window range of 8/8 sashes in elliptical-arched openings, multi-pane casements at ground floor, 6-panel entrance door to left under projecting tiled gabled porch. Rear with ground-floor mullion and transom window with leaded lights in iron casements in segmental-arched opening. Main C18 range to west: 3-storey and cellar range with formal facade to left return side facing west. Three 6/6 sashes with gauged brick lintels, the central window extended down by wooden apron to porch. 3/3 sashes to attic, 2 venetian windows to ground floor with 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes and Gothick-style intersecting glazing bars to centre heads. Central semicircular flat-roofed brick projecting entrance porch, 6-panelled door with fanlight with Gothick-style intersecting glazing bars set in stone doorcase with plain pilasters and entablature, flanking 4/4 sashes with gauged brick lintels. Return side facing north: 2-storey canted bay window with hipped slate roof, three 6/6 sashes to each storey, 3/3 attic sash with gauged brick lintel. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5171370656