Tachbrook Mallory House (Eastern 2/3) The Grove

Large house, dated 1570 and 1609, with 20th-century additions. The house is constructed of painted roughcast render with a chamfered stone plinth. It has steeply pitched plain tile roofs with gabled ends. The plan consists of a 1570 cross-range facing east, with gabled ends, and two long ranges extending west from the north and south sides, the eastern ends of which are original to 1570 but the rest were extended in 1609. A modern infill block sits between the ends of these ranges. A short gabled wing is situated to the north of the north range. The east-facing elevation has a centrally placed modern door with a modern gabled porch. To the left and right are sash windows with glazing bars. At the first floor, there are three four-light cross mullion/transom casements. The north elevation features three gabled bays, the rightmost of which is a post-1609 addition. The bays to the left and middle have sash windows with glazing bars to the ground and first floors, and two-light casements to the attic. A nail-studded door with a Tudor-moulded oak doorcase is in the middle bay. A later projecting bay to the right has a ten-light cross mullion/transom casement at ground floor, a six-light casement at first floor, and a two-light casement at attic. Square chimney stacks feature diagonally placed red brick shafts. The roofs are of 17th-century purlin type. The interior of Tachbrook Mallory House contains fine late 16th and early 17th-century features. Behind the nail-studded door on the north elevation is an entrance hall lined with Tudor oak panelling and a chimneypiece. This hall leads to a staircase dating from circa 1630, with panelled newels, ball heads, and turned balusters. Tudor fireplaces are back-to-back in the four rooms in the eastern range. Oak panelling is present in two rooms on the first floor.