Chalford Grove

SO 8802-8902 CHALFORD LONDON ROAD (north side)

13/56 Chalford Grove (previously listed as The Grove) 28.6.60

II

Detached house. Late C17, enlarged early and late C18, refronted and remodelled c1820, coursed rubble limestone, stucco to front and east side; ashlar and artificial stone rebuilt chimneys; Welsh slate and concrete plain tile roofs. Two-storey with 2 parallel rear wings. Front: symmetrical with fenestration 2:1:2. Pedimented centrepiece with 4 Tuscan columns to recessed ground floor porch, outer spaces with small-pane glazing; wide round arched doorway with large decorative fanlight, doorway with Regency architraves and flanking glazed lights with diagonal glazing bars. Four fluted upper floor pilasters below pediment with central oval arched recess having 12-pane sash. Outer 12-pane sashes in plain openings, ground floor with simple architraves. Moulded cornice with blocking course. West side: central projecting chimney with blocked upper floor window to right. Gable end of late C18 addition to rear wing has central projecting chimney flanked by 2- light square-headed ground floor and pointed Gothic upper floor casements; 2 smaller flanking single-light pointed attic casements. Side of rear range to left has large upper floor 18- pane sash with moulded architrave and keystone. East side: offset doorway with fluted frieze and glazed door with marginal glazing bars to front range. Flush front to rear wing with 3-window fenestration, mostly 15-pane tall sashes. Central doorway with small round arched window to left. Rear: 2 gables built against bank, both with moulded chimneys. Interior: double height central hall with 2-bay upper floor colonnade of Doric columns, stick balustrade between. Two oval arches below, one leading to curved flying staircase. Reeded doorcases, reeding also incorporated into complex cornices in principal rooms. Bold mouldings to hall ceiling cornice are possibly a survival from earlier interior. (M.A. Rudd, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, 1937; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8949602566