The Groves is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1963. Row of houses. 1 related planning application.
The Groves
- WRENN ID
- ruined-remnant-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1963
- Type
- Row of houses
- Address
- The Groves, 1-3, Grove Road, Staple, CT3 1LW
- OS grid reference
- TR 268 571
- Coordinates
- 51.26843, 1.25095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Groves consists of a mid-18th century stables building, later converted into a row of houses. Originally built for Sir William Lynch, the building is constructed of red brick with a slate roof. It features a blind panelled parapet to the hipped roof, with stacks positioned on the left and right sides. The first floor has six wooden casements, while the ground floor has four. The right half of the building presents windows at a lower level than the left; the left-hand windows have keyed heads. A panelled door is located on the left-hand side, with a half-glazed porch situated to the right. There is another entry on the left return. Initially the stable block for Grove House, it was converted to residential use following the demolition of the mansion in 1843.
Local climate
The Groves sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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