Grove Farmhouse Formerly Creasey'S Grove Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Farmhouse.

Grove Farmhouse Formerly Creasey'S Grove Farmhouse

WRENN ID
inner-remnant-brook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Grove Farmhouse, formerly known as Creasey's Grove Farmhouse, is a significant building that dates back to the 16th century, with a 17th-century addition and a major refurbishment in the 18th century. Originally a farmhouse, it has since been subdivided but is now a single residence. The structure features a rendered timber frame that has been replaced with brick at the rear and on one gable end, topped with pantiled roofs.

The farmhouse stands two storeys high with an attic room in the 17th-century addition. Most of the windows are 18th-century, consisting of two lights with metal casements and leaded glazing, although there are also two large 20th-century metal windows in the 17th-century section. The building has two hooded doorways, with the eastern doorway adorned with elaborate 17th-century brackets featuring a lion on the left and a unicorn on the right, both depicted in a rampant position, each holding an oval medallion surrounded by strapwork and supported by crouching Atlas figures with long moustaches and hooves.

The original house was heightened in the 18th century to match the taller 17th-century addition, which has an off-centre axial stack. The gable end of the addition features a blocked two-light ovolo-moulded stone stair window with a former pediment, along with two blocked attic windows and a pair of diagonally set chimney shafts. A moulded brick inscription reads "VERITAS ODIUM PARIT." The rear showcases 18th-century brickwork with skewback arches and cambered soffits.

Inside, the original house retains many 18th-century details, including L-shaped hinges, original planked doors with applied frames, and a fine staircase beside the stack with attenuated vase-type balusters, square knops, and swept handrails. The original arch-braced ties are visible, although the 18th-century roof was replaced in the 20th century. The 17th-century addition features a fine four-centred ashlar fireplace with ogee and ovolo moulding and a fluted rim. The bridging joists have angle rolls, and the later joists display ovolo and hollow chamfered mouldings. An original winding stair is located beside the stack, and the roof is constructed with clasped purlins.

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