Description

TL 11 SE WHEATHAMPSTEAD GROVE ROAD
(north side)
HARPENDEN

6/398 The Grove

GV II

Large farmhouse, now offices. Built 1712 for Thomas Seare.
Later C18 extension on right, early C19 alterations on left. Red
brick. Vitrified red brick panels to centre block, the upper
floor with T-1-7-1-2-S red brick inscription between windows. 2
storeys and attics. Plain tile roof with large early C18 ridge
stack on left gable end of centre block. 8 flush sash windows.
Floor band. Parapet to centre and left sides. Blocked central
door. Left side has an early C19 panelled door with a large
pedimental hood on cut brackets. The two central ground floor
windows and the central 1st floor window have patterned soffits
to the gauged brick lintels. Right side is chequered red brick
with C19/20 twin sashes. Rear elevation has large C19
conservatory projection with Gothic-style glazing-bar casements.
3-window S elevation is partly early C18 (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1542213321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470179

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)