Grove Hill House

GROVE HILL SX 98 NE TOPSHAM 871/27/10007 Grove Hill House GV II

Villa. Probably late 1850s. Grey limestone rubble with dressed stone quoins, the north-west (left) end rendered, the service block partly brick; slate roof preserving some crested ridge tiles; stone stacks with ashlar shafts. Tudor style. Plan: Overall U plan. The house is roofed on an approximately north-west/south-east axis with the entrance on the south west side. The main range is a double depth block to the south with a service courtyard between two wings to the north. Exterior: 2 storeys. Assymetrical 4-window front, the main entrance to right of centre. The house is gabled to the front at the right end, with a short projecting gabled block to the left of the porch. Both the gables have deep verges with pierced curly bargeboards. projecting gabled porch with similar bargeboards with pendant and finial; chamfered 2-centred outer doorway with a hoodmould; probably original plank front door with elaborate strap hinges. Original windows with chamfered architraves and slender hoodmoulds, glazed with 2-light high-transomed casements. The right hand gable contains a stone shield. 3 stone ridge stacks with multiple ashlar shafts with moulded cornices. Interior: Interior and rear elevation not inspected. The house is not mentioned in White's 1850 Devon, but in the 1879 edition is described as owned by Robert Manning Davy, J.P., one of the "principal proprietors" of Topsham, also of Oxenway Lodge, Membury, near Axminster.

Listing NGR: SX9685088499