Grove Court

SO 81 SE UPTON ST LEONARDS UPTON HILL (west side)

6/211 Grove Court

10.1.55

II

Large detached farmhouse. Late C16; early Cl9 addition; rebuilt late C19. Timber framed; coursed and squared limestone; brick rebuilding; brick chimneys, clay plain tile roof, stone slate to south slope. L-plan; 2 storey; attached outbuildings to east are not of special interest. North front: close studding with middle rail to right half of building; at right end projecting gabled wing with moulded bressumer to upper floor jetty and long curved through bracing; pierced and shaped C19 bargeboards and C19 single casement fenestration with triangular pointed head to each light; further C19 casement to close studded east side of wing with small single- light upper floor casement in corner; Cl9 casement to left of wing in close studding and C19 timber porch with bargeboards. Elevation continues left in early C19 stone addition with segmental-arched openings and later C19 casements; 2 Cl9 ridge- mounted brick chimneys. West end: C19 brick gable end to right with 2 cambered-arched upper floor casements and single ground floor casement below; C19 bargeboard. Small framing to side of north wing with brick and stone projecting chimney having C19 rebuilt shaft. East end: rendered stone gable end with C19 bargeboards; attached brick stable. South side: C19 rebuilding in brick; scattered C19 casements in cambered-headed openings with stone keys; C19 gabled brick porch to left of centre with round- arched side windows and glazed 4-panel door; lateral C19 brick chimney towards west end; plank door with cambered brick arch to right end, and beyond stable with segmental-headed doorway and segmental-headed casement to left. Interior extensively rebuilt in late C19 alteration. Timber framing prominent from adjacent motorway. (D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1976)

Listing NGR: SO8582314499