Grove House

Grove House is an early 18th-century house of three storeys and square plan, with a lower, single-storey kitchen wing to the rear. It is constructed of red brick with three hipped roofs covered in plain tiles, and two large, symmetrically placed chimney stacks. The building has a parapet to each facade, shaped and lowered at both the front and rear. A moulded dentil brick cornice runs along the eaves. The three facades feature a symmetrical arrangement of five hung sash windows with glazing bars, set within gauged brick segmental arches at each floor level, with those on the top floor being reduced in height. The central doorway on the north-facing facade has a doorcase of plain pilasters and an entablature topped with a segmental pediment, and incorporates a glazed door with patterned lights above a rectangular fanlight. A second, centrally positioned main entrance exists on the west-facing facade, with a doorcase featuring fluted pilasters, a dentil-enriched cornice, and a segmental pediment. The door itself has eight raised and fielded panels. The interior contains repositioned interior walls, plus a fine closed string staircase, original panelling, and chimney pieces. An arcade of five round-headed arches forms a covered passage linking the house to its stables. The stables are built of red brick with plain tile roofs.