Denmark Lodge

This house, now used as flats and offices, was built between 1824 and 1829 as part of the Crescent Grove development, designed by Francis Child. It forms a pair with numbers 28 and 29, marking the entrance to the crescent. The building is stucco-rendered, with a rusticated finish to the ground floor and the upper floors finished to resemble ashlar. It has a slate mansard roof with a rendered blocking course and cornice. Tall, rendered stacks are centrally positioned.

The north and south elevations are symmetrical, four storeys high with attics, and are divided into four bays. Giant order pilasters articulate the first and second floors, and a two-bay pediment projects slightly. The north elevation has sashes at ground floor set within the rustication, and first-floor sashes with moulded architraves and small pedimented cornices. Second-floor windows are in plain rectangular openings. All windows have a moulded box canopy. The basement entrance is to the left, with two right-hand windows having been altered. Four segmental-headed dormers light the attic space. The south elevation is considered the front of the building and has a reduced right-hand bay. The sashes are a mix of those with and without glazing bars, some with internal shutters.

The southwest elevation is three storeys and three bays, with a matching architectural style. The central entrance is framed by a round-headed arch with a fanlight containing small coloured glass lights. Fluted, attached columns flank a pair of narrow panelled doors, with the upper panels glazed like the fanlight and the lower panels moulded. Some first and second-floor sashes are partially obscured. The interior has not been inspected, but some rear windows retain their shutters.

A cast iron gate pier inscribed "GROVE LODGE" with a bell marked "servants" is attached to the rear, along with a gate leading to an area and elaborate spear-head railings, typical of those in Crescent Grove, all set on a low rendered parapet wall. A similar railing system is attached to the front, with renewal beyond the gateway, connecting to a rendered rusticated pier topped with a stone ball finial and extending across the front of the building to a plain pier. This layout is mirrored at numbers 28 and 29.