Description

ST 78 SW DODINGTON C.P. BESOM LANE (south side)

2/42 Grove Grove Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Mid C17 with C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Limestone and
sandstone rubble, part rendered, brick, double Roman tiled roof with gable stacks.
L-plan, former through passage. 2 storeys and one window, 4-light casement with
leaded lights and loop catch at first floor, ground floor has C20 window and door
with timber lintel, small 4-pane leaded stair light, block to right projects
slightly, C19 door with timber lintel to right of stack, now blocked; single
storey lean-to to left. Left return has small casement of 4 panes with iron
stanchions in gable end; lower rear wing has from left, 3-light C19 casement, C20
casement and small fixed light, external stack to rear with curved flue; straight
joint between rear wing and main block. Right return has ground floor C20 window
and first floor sash with brickwork to sides, 2 buttresses; buttress to rear with
C20 window at ground and first floor, rendered wall. Right return of rear wing
has at ground floor C20 door and 2 windows, first floor has two 2-light casements
with leaded lights and loop catches, single storey brick lean-to. Interior: to
right of passage, plank and batten door with triangular head and chamfered
surround, newel stair in front right room; rear of rear wing has large chamfered
cambered lintel to fireplace, now divided between 2 rooms, chamfered and step-
stopped beams, possible site of former 2nd stair visible at first floor to left
rear.

Listing NGR: ST7049280168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578894

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)