Grove Farmhouse

UFFORD (Off) A12 TM 25 SE 9/129 16/3/66 Grove Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse. C17. English bond brick with a slate and plaintiled roof. Two storeys and single storey with attic. T-shaped plan. Garden front (probably originally entrance front): 3 bays symmetrically disposed. Projecting plinth. The ground floor windows all have cambered heads and are of 3 lights. Band of 3 bricks depth between the ground and first floors. To the first floor are three further 3-light casements with cambered heads. Single-light windows at either side of the central bay in the upper walling. At far left and right are arched niches, set low in the wall above the band, which appear to be bee boles. Patched brickwork to the central bay at ground and first floor level. Band of 2 bricks depth below the shaped gables of the attic which have concave bodies and semi- circular heads divided by further bands. The central gable has been wholly renewed in C20 brick. Swept valleys and axial stacks of 2 flues to the left and right hand gables. Left hand side: blank walling to the ground floor, a band of 3 bricks depth between the ground and first floors and to the first floor a C20 single-light window at left. Blocked window at right and two blocked windows to the attic. Shaped gable with flat top and concave sides. Extending at rear is a lower wing with random fenestration. Right hand gable end: blank with similar shaped gable to that seen at left. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM2802452304