2 Grove Cottages

Nos.2 & 3 Grove Cottages

Three-window 2-storey range facing S and with rear wing to W end. Constructed of rubble stone under slate roofs, with roughcast gable ends and stone stacks. Stack L of centre (shared by nos 2 & 3) and R end stack. Raised verges and quoins. Tudor-style mullioned windows to front with quarries, 3-light to ground storey and 2-light above. No 2 is to the R and No 3 to the L.

Doorway is R of centre and symmetrically placed between flanking windows. Flat-headed Tudor doorway with chamfered limestone dressings. Heavy planked door with hinge down centre and iron strapwork. Small single-storey wing against E gable end with single light to front (originally for hanging bacon). Two gabled half-dormers to rear containing late C20 windows under flat stone lintels. Single-light windows below and further light offset between.

Straight stair opposite entrance, with rooms to L and R. The principal room to the L has a stone fireplace, possibly C17, with recess for a bakeoven. The lintel no longer survives. The smaller room to the E has a renewed cast iron fireplace. A door to the rear leads to a galley kitchen. The roof structure is C19.