Grove House

Grove House is a house, now used as offices, built around 1790 and altered in the mid-19th century and 20th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and render, with a copper-clad roof. The building follows a double-depth plan and is in a mid-Georgian style. It has two main storeys, a double attic and a basement, with a nine-window front. The symmetrical garden front is of ashlar construction and features a central two-window section that projects forward and is framed by rusticated quoins. There are rusticated basement windows, a first-floor sill band, and a cornice. Two 20th-century attic storeys have been added. The basement windows are segmentally arched. The ground-floor windows have been enlarged and contain 2/2-pane horned sashes, with 6/6-pane sashes above. The rear elevation has three windows, with a pedimented centre, and a projecting porch with a rusticated ashlar front, a semicircular-arched doorway, a fanlight, and a six-panel door. Inside, the entrance stair hall features an open-well staircase with column-on-vase balusters (three per tread), a ramped, moulded handrail, a wide curtail, and a column newel. There is a niche beside the doorway with a moulded archivolt and key. The front rooms have 19th-century decoration, including elliptical arches and a heavy cornice.