Grove House

Grove House is a farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, with later additions and alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is constructed of brick, with a late 17th-century section in English bond, and has a tiled roof. The plan is irregular, featuring three windows facing the yard and three on the right return. The house has two and a half storeys.

The front, facing the yard, comprises a late 17th-century block to the right with a contemporary recessed section to the left; a later wing projects to the left again. A large chimneybreast is centrally positioned on the right block, with the top missing. It features a two-light mullion and transom window with a cambered brick arch on the left. Within the recess is a six-fielded panel front door with a two-pane fanlight above and a flat porch supported by console brackets. A plain string course runs above. To the left of the door is a two-light modern casement and a four-light metal window set in an older opening, both with cambered brick arches. A large, single-storey hipped canted bay window with 12-pane windows and a glazed door is located to the left, set beneath a flat projecting hood on curved brackets. Above, on the right, is a similar window positioned above the front door. A four-light mullion and transom window with a cambered brick arch is found in the centre of the left wing. A narrow hipped extension is attached to the left return. Open rafter eaves are visible throughout, along with hipped roofs and gabled dormers above the front door and the center of the left block. A large chimney, with three diamond-set stacks, is located behind the house on the left.

The right return has three two-light mullion and transom windows with cambered brick arches to each floor. There is a plain string course on the first floor, three gabled dormers, and a hipped roof. Blocked openings to the cellar are visible below the end windows. A rendered low extension is present on the right return, with dentil eaves and a modern dormer. Stone steps lead to an attic door.

Inside, dust ledge panelling is found in a room on the ground floor right, with a moulded plaster cornice, panelled shutters, and window seats. Similar panelling, as a dado only, is in a room on the left side, with exposed timber-framing above on two walls. Six-panel doors lead to the hall, featuring L hinges. A dogleg staircase has square newels, a moulded handrail and string, turned balusters, and fielded panels to the skirt of the landing. A panelled plaster ceiling covers the first floor, with an elliptical arch and console brackets leading to the rear extension of the landing. C17 plank doors are in the attics of the right wing. A timber-framed wing to the left of the entrance has been slightly enlarged with brick on two sides. A mid-19th-century wing was added to the rear, with an extension to the landing.