Grove House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 29 related planning applications.
Grove House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-fireplace-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Grove House, High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1NF
- OS grid reference
- TL 016 221
- Coordinates
- 51.88836, -0.52382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grove House is a late 17th century brick house located on the east side of High Street North. It has two storeys and is covered in heavy stucco. The building features late 18th century and late 19th century alterations. The roof is very steeply pitched and gabled, with early tiles on the left side and brown tiles on the right, creating a varying ridge line. The roof includes a long high central section and two shorter end sections of unequal length, with a valley at the north end.
The east front, facing the park, has a deep parapet and cornice, along with six widely spaced dormers. In the center, there is a two-storey bay with three windows and a very steep hipped roof. On both sides of the bay, there are six windows on the second storey. To the north of the bay, there is a light pedimented Doric doorcase made of wood and three windows, while to the south of the bay, there is a plain doorway. The windows are sash, with some being early single hung, set in wide wooden cases.
The interior of Grove House has been significantly altered, but many minor details from the 17th century have survived. The road front at the north end features a symmetrical five-window facade in a late 19th century Classical style, characterized by heavy detailing.
Local climate
Grove House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 29 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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