Grove House

Grove House is a 15th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on the east side of Callis Street in Clare. Originally built as a hall house with crosswings at both the north and south ends, the hall was divided into two storeys in the 16th century when two gables were added between the crosswings. A further wing was later added to the south end of the house. In the early 19th century, the house was re-fronted, and the current window arrangement was introduced.

The building has two storeys, with the upper storey jettied and featuring a coved soffit beneath the window sill level of the three central gables. The south wing also has a deeper jetty with a cored soffit. The gables project slightly on carved bressumers. The façade includes a five-window range of early 19th-century Gothic pointed arched casements with leaded lights. The ground storey features two three-light bay windows with casements and glazing bars, while the south window is an oriel bay with a 15th-century sill that is carved with boarhounds and huntsmen.

A central six-panel door is framed by a Doric portico with fluted columns, a triglyph frieze, and a cornice. There is a 19th-century addition at the rear, which has undergone 20th-century alterations. The roof is tiled. Inside, the house retains exposed timber-framing and features a fine ceiling with carved main beams and moulded ceiling joists. All the listed buildings on Callis Street form a group.