Palm Grove

Palm Grove is a villa, now used as holiday flats, built around 1865 to 1875 with later alterations. The building is plastered and features a hipped slate roof, with stacks that have rendered, paired shafts and common moulded cornices. The plan consists of two rectangular blocks that meet at an entrance tower, which is square on plan and located at the angle between the blocks.

The exterior showcases deep eaves supported by brackets. The garden elevation on the south-east side has three windows and includes two gables at the front adorned with rich stucco details. There is a band below the verges and a moulded sill band at the first floor. A canted bay with a moulded cornice is present on the ground floor to the left, while a window with a recessed architrave and floating cornice is located on the right. The first-floor windows feature segmental-headed arches, with the left window having a pediment supported by consoles. The right-hand window is flanked by pilasters with vermiculated rustication and has a moulded architrave with a key block. All windows are fitted with 4-pane sashes that have horizontal glazing bars.

The right return has two windows with stuccoed quoins and a first-floor sill band. A projecting stack on the left divides at the first-floor level, featuring a round-headed recess with a key block between the flues, and the stack is gabled at the eaves level. There are two tall ground-floor sashes to the right with floating cornices on consoles, and two first-floor sashes that match those on the garden elevation.

The entrance tower is three stages high and has a hipped slate roof with deep eaves on brackets and a tall finial. The ground floor of the tower is canted and features a segmental-headed doorway with a four-panel door, flanked by windows. The first floor has two sashes below a projecting cornice on brackets, with three tall, narrow, round-headed windows on each face of the first floor. The other elevations of the building are somewhat plainer. A large 20th-century addition is located at the south-west. The interior has not been inspected but may retain features of interest.