The Grove

The Grove is a house built in 1813, with extensions added to the west and south in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of gault brick and has a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and features three bays, each marked by a giant pilaster that rises to block entablatures. The façade has a three-window arrangement, with a central six-panelled and fielded door beneath a fanlight that has intersecting tracery. The doorcase is made of reeded timber and includes roundels in the upper corners. The horned sash windows on either side of the door have 8/8 glazing bars and intersecting glazing bars under arched tops, all set within gauged arches. On the first floor, there are three horned sashes with 6/6 glazing under gauged skewback arches, and all windows are recessed. A timber cornice and pediment, both featuring mutules, extend between the pilasters. The roof is gabled, with internal stacks at both gable ends. The north side has an arched staircase window, while the east side includes a built-out timber weatherboarded look-out added around 1900, fitted with three 6/6 sashes. To the west, there is a mid-19th century addition with two giant pilasters framing a window bay, which has an upper window that is a 2/2 horned sash. The west gable features two 2/2 horned sashes on each floor, and the extension has a gabled roof with one gabled dormer on both the north and south sides. A single-storey mid-19th century extension runs to the south, complete with a ridge stack and panelled walls, and has three segmentally-headed sashes without glazing bars on the west side. Inside, there is a good stick-baluster staircase with a ramped and wreathed handrail and turned newels. The ground-floor east room has a plaster cornice and a ceiling centrepiece added in 1970, while the ground-floor west room is plain.