Old Grove House And Attached Outbuildings And Railings

CAMDEN

TQ2686SW HAMPSTEAD GROVE 798-1/16/737 (East side) 11/08/50 No.26 Old Grove House and attached outbuildings and railings

GV II

Semi-detached house. Early C18 with additions 1730 and renovations by Parker & Unwin c1912, further renovation c1959 by MJF Secrett. Brown and yellow stock brick, red brick dressings. Hipped slated roof with dormers and C20 modillion eaves cornice. EXTERIOR: west (entrance) front: mostly refaced in yellow stock brick, 1912; south end rebuilt c1959. Single storey, attic and semi-basement. 5 windows, 2 to right of entrance blind. Central early C20 Neo-Georgian Tuscan doorcase with pediment; round arched entrance with keystone, panelled door, cornice head and patterned fanlight. Above the entrance, an oculus with gauged brick surround. Gauged brick cambered arches to recessed sashes with blind boxes. Cornice above windows. South (garden) front: refronted c1959. 3 storeys. 4 windows and blind panel at east end. Wooden Doric pedimented doorcase. Segmental arched sash windows with exposed boxing. Plain brick bands at floor levels. Projecting single window stucco extension renovated 1959. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to retain some good internal features including panelling, fireplaces and Rococo plasterwork in dining room. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings with torch flambe finials to areas on west (entrance) front. Attached outbuildings to rear with gateway dated 1859 leading to former laundry (now No.7 The Mount Square (qv) and former stables (now Nos 8 & 8A The Mount Square (qv). (RCHME: London, Vol. II, West London: London: -1925: 40; Victoria County History: Middlesex: Vol. IX, Paddington & Hampstead Parishes: Oxford: -1989: 20).

Listing NGR: TQ2631486037