Grove Lodge

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5438 CHATERS HILL 669-1/2/93 (East side) 01/11/72 No.3 Grove Lodge

GV II

House. Mid C19, probably 1848. Red brick, slate roof. Rectangular plan of 2 parallel ranges, broader one to front. 2 storeys and cellar. Front W elevation: central 2 window gabled range breaks forward slightly, single window wing each side, (1:2:1), brickwork tuck pointed over ruddled base, gauged brick flat voussoirs. All windows sashes, ground floor 3x4 panes plus margin lights, first floor 3x3 panes plus margin lights. Doorway, second bay from S has cornice hood and moulded architrave, plain frieze, over-light, door of 4 recessed moulded panels. Cellar window now blocked, grille remains. Gable barge-boards slightly returned at base, resembling a broken pediment. 4 stacks seen behind roof ridge. Rear E elevation: similar form to front but 6 window range, (2:2:2), segment headed sashes with glazing bars, centre and N wing 3x4 panes, S wing considerably rebuilt (after dereliction in early 1960s) now has similar window but 3x3 panes. Also a previous ground floor doorway (bay 2 from S) now blocked. Rear house doorway in central unit, segment headed with C20 plain door, 2 glazed panels. 4 stacks behind rear roof ridge with C19 buff tapered square chimney pots. S end elevation: 2 gabled units, lesser to rear, barge-boards shaped as broken pediments as on front. Single segment headed C19 sash window in rear unit ground floor. N end elevation: plain except for blind window recess in front unit ground floor, similar barge-boards as S end. INTERIOR: rebuilt in 1960s. Date of house said to be given by plaque in S garden wall, J.S. (Jane Shaul) 1848.

Listing NGR: TL5431138542