Description

1. LAVENHAM LADY STREET
5377
(east side)
No 5
(The Grove)
TL 9149 50/593 23.1.58
II* GV
2.
A large house standing back in its grounds with the front facing south,
probably originally a clothiers house of C15-C16 origin. The south
block was completely refaced in grey brick in the C18. Roofs tiled.
The south block has a parapet and stucco cornice with arched modillions.
Two storeys. The south front has outer 2 storeyed splayed bays and a
central Venetian window surmounted by an open pediment. A central doorway
has a Tuscan doorcase with plain columns and an open pediment. Two gabled
dormers behind the parapet. The timber-framed and plastered wing to
the north has a variety of small windows including an old restored mullioned
window. There is an old ridge chimney stack with 2 short octagonal shafts
and a large modern gabled dormer. The interior has fine panelled rooms
and moulded beams. The front rooms have good C18 panelling.

Listing NGR: TL9160949225

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26634625

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)