Grove Farmhouse

Grove Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house (No. 2) and retains its original farmhouse function in the northern half (No. 1). It dates from the 17th century, with the northern bay being brick cased in the 18th century, while the rest of the exterior was brick cased in the 19th century. A mid-19th century northwest parlour wing was added, which was subdivided in 1953. The timber frame is exposed internally on the first floor in the northern bay. The building features red brick in Flemish bond, with the northwest wing constructed from plum brick and topped with a hipped slate roof. The overall structure has old red tile roofs.

This long, two-storey building with a cellar has six windows and faces east into a yard. It is built along a slope, with the ground much lower on the east side, requiring many steps to reach the door. A new entrance was added in the 19th century on the north side, leading into the two-storey northwest parlour wing. There is a lean-to extension at the south end and a gabled two-storey rear service wing at the southwest. The house has a large internal chimney at its center, an external chimney on the north gable with two diagonally set square shafts, and a 19th-century external chimney at the south gable.

The east front features a regular arrangement of three windows on each side of the center door, which is located beneath the middle window in the northern part. The first floor has two-light, cast-iron framed, small-paned windows, while the ground floor has similar three-light windows. There is a straight joint in the brickwork to the north part, just north of the door. The 19th-century northwest parlour wing is made of plum brick with brighter red dressings, featuring a wallhead chimney on the south wall and a window on each floor at the west end and to the right of the door on the north side. The first-floor windows are recessed sash windows with six-over-six panes, and the ground floor windows have margin lights. The windows have segmental arches with chamfered jambs.

Inside No. 1, the ground floor features a chamfered cross-beam in front of the central chimney. The sagging roof between the trusses suggests that the 17th-century chimney may have been inserted into an older four-bay house.