The Grove

TM 26 SE FRAMLINGHAM KETTLEBURGH ROAD

2/93 The Grove (formerly listed 7.12.66 as Grove Farmhouse, Easton Road)

• II*

Former farmhouse. C16 and early C17. 2 storeys and attics to main range; 2 storeys to cross-wing on the north-east end. Timber-framed, mainly encased in C18 red brick laid in Flemish Bond; plaintiles; paired bracketed cornice. An internal chimney-stack with 3 attached hexagonal shafts and moulded caps on a square base. 5 small-paned sash windows to main front: flush frames, gauged heads on ground floor. C20 enclosed gabled brick porch; 6-panelled door with panelled linings to surround. The cross-wing is the oldest part of the house, with a fine exposed ceiling in the principal room: multiple roll-mouldings to main cross-beams, single roll-moulding to joists, and blocked original and later windows with ovolo-moulded mullions. The internal chimney-stack links this wing to the later main range: an open fireplace with timber lintel to the ground floor, and a smaller fireplace on the upper floor with 4-centred arched head and chamfered surround with pyramid stops; in the plaster above, 2 small raised fleur-de-lys motifs and a central wheel. Beside the chimney-stack is a very steep geometric stair, lightly made, with plain balusters, wreathed handrail, and bracketed ends to the treads. The main range, in 6 bays, has been partly Georgianised. On the upper storey on the south-west side is a complete 5-light ovolo-moulded mullion-and-transome window, in perfect condition, with all components numbered. One plastered upper ceiling with heavily-moulded cornice; in the same roof an ornate cast-iron hob grate. The roof-bays correspond to wall-bays: diminished principals, one row of unstepped butt purlins, and an upper clasped purlin; cranked windbraces; an intermediate collar between each bay. The roof of the cross-wing has been integrated with the main roof, and has a similar structure.

Listing NGR: TM2833961152