The Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Spa pump room, residential. 1 related planning application.
The Grove
- WRENN ID
- shifting-roof-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Spa pump room, residential
- Address
- The Grove, 407 and 408 the Spa, Melksham Without, SN12 6QL
- OS grid reference
- ST 914 627
- Coordinates
- 51.36348, -2.12359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century spa pump room, now a pair of attached houses known as The Grove, located on the east side of The Spa in Melksham Without. The building is constructed of ashlar, with a Welsh slate hipped roof and ashlar stacks. It is two storeys high, with a five-window front and smaller, single-windowed wings that project forward.
The front elevation features a centrally recessed three-window block. A ground floor verandah is positioned in front, with three segmental arches and French windows on either side of a blind window. A balustraded parapet runs along the first-floor balcony, above which are three French windows with margin lights. The side wings each feature a single French window to the ground floor, with a key pattern in the panel above. There is a six-pane sash window to the first floor of each wing. Deep eaves are supported by paired wooden brackets. The side returns contain three six-pane sashes to the first floor; the right return has blind windows flanking the door, while the left return has a square bay window to the right of the door and a lean-to extension to the left.
The porch to the left-hand entrance of No. 407 has five sides, constructed of timber and glass, with Art Nouveau stained glass. The right-hand entrance of No. 408 is housed within a late 19th century conservatory and features pilasters and a pediment.
The interior of No. 408 has been altered and contains no original door cases or fireplaces. The interior of No. 407 is reported to contain fireplaces with reeded surrounds and paterae, but has not been inspected. Originally, the central ground floor was a single large reception room, serving as the pump room of The Spa around 1815. The building was converted into two dwellings around 1901.
Local climate
The Grove receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2022
- 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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