78 And 80, Grove Street

WANTAGE GROVE STREET SU48NW (East side) 3/74 Nos.78 and 80

• II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. c.1700. Rendered walls; old tile roof; brick stacks. 3-unit lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys; 3-window range. C20 door. Segmental arch over early C18 sash to left, C20 bay windows to right. First floor has late C19 three-light casement to left, 2 early C18 sashes to right. Gabled roof; ridge stacks. Early C18 five-light leaded casement to left side wall. Interior: Early C18 two-panelled doors, chalk stack, chamfered beams to centre and right; collar-truss to right, original clasped purlins. No. 78 to right: Early C18 two-storey, 2-window range of similar materials with gambrel roof, gable end external stack, early C18 six-panelled door and C20 windows; similar gabled wing to rear has late C19 door and 2 late C18 sashes. Interior has original brick floor, mid C19 doors and staircase. To rear left is one-storey C18 brewhouse of brick with gabled stone slate roof adjoining early C18 outshut to left side wall of No.78.

Listing NGR: SU4002788176