Grove Hill House

Grove Hill House is a detached house dating back to around 1780, significantly altered since its original construction. It was designed by Henry Smith. The exterior is stuccoed, with a low-pitched roof hidden behind a parapet. The house is three storeys high, with a central three-bay facade and two-storey canted bay returns. A timber Doric porch, featuring four columns, a dentil cornice, and a frieze decorated with paterae and swags over the centre, leads to the front door. The door has panelled reveals, a cornice head with guilloche decoration extending around the jambs, and a patterned fanlight. The windows are in plain reveals; those on the ground floor are round-headed sashes, the first-floor windows are sash windows with glazing bars, and the second-floor windows are casements with a band above. The interior includes a hall with a screen of fluted columns, echoing the porch design, along with friezes, cornices, and panelled soffits to the windows in the ground floor front rooms. The house was built by Henry Smith, a friend of Lettsom.