3 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.

No 3 is 1-window to the front. Ridge stack to R (shared with No 2) and side stack to W of rear wing. Front entrance to W gable end, through porch with gabled roof. The porch is open to the front under a stone lintel, and has a narrow lancet with triangular head in heavy limestone dressing to the W. Two late C20 2-light casement windows under shallow segmental heads to L of porch in W gable end, one to each storey and offset. To the rear, the E side of the rear wing has a shallow lean-to brick porch with corrugated roof. Door to L and small window to R. To the L of the porch is a 3-over-3-pane horned sash window in a red brick surround with shallow segmental head. Matching window to 1st floor.

Porch leads to entrance in W gable end. Chamfered stone doorway with flat head. The principal room has spiral timber stairs in the W gable whilst the fireplace in the opposite E wall has been renewed. Flagstone floor. Stone threshold in doorway to kitchen in rear wing, suggesting that this was the original rear door and the wing was added later.