Grove Farmhouse

SO 76 NE ASTLEY CP -

3/31 Grove Farmhouse

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• II

Farmhouse. C16 - C17. Timber-framed, partially bricked on ground floor, painted brick and lath and plaster infill, dressed red sandstone bases to external stacks, tiled roof. L-shaped with 2 large stacks; 1 to rear of main range and 1 to west side of rear wing; main range of 4 bays with small gabled forward projection to right of centre, entrance to left of gabled forward extension; rear range projects by 1 bay. Main elevation of 2 storeys and attic, 1 dormer window and 1 skylight to left of forward projecting gable of 2 storeys; 4 C20 metal framed windows, 2 to first floor and 2 to ground floor and one C19 tripartite wooden window with central Tudor arch and ogee- headed side lights to ground floor of forward projecting gable. Plank door left of centre through lean-to roofed porch supported by wooden posts; painted partially bricked ground floor. East gable has painted brick ground floor, 3 windows, 1 small leaded casement in attic, C20 4-light window to first floor 3-light to ground floor. Rear gable has similar fenestration. Chimneys: two large external stacks with heavy sandstone bases to eaves level with brick shafts partly rebuilt; traces of former 2 conjoined star-shaped shafts to stack at rear of main range. Framing;: main elevation, small panelling of 3 panels to each floor to left of entrance, remainder of 2 panels to each floor. East gable end has 3 panels to eaves from mid-rail and V-strut. Rear gable is complete with 3 panels to each floor; diagonal braces from sill to posts across 2 panels.

Listing NGR: SO7801668347