Description

ASHFORD BOWDLER

SO5170 Grove Farmhouse
482-1/14/19
12/11/54
(Formerly Listed as:
The Grove (Grove Farm))

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17 range, early or mid C18
extension and late C18 range. Irregular linear 3-phase
development. Earliest phase: painted timber-frame with painted
render infill panels on rubble stone plinth, C18 brick cross
wings, plain-tile roof. Later phases: brick with dentil course
eaves and plain gabled and hipped roofs, projecting brick
eaves chimneys.
EXTERIOR: earliest phase to east of 2 storeys, attic and
cellar to brick cross wings, twin gabled front with 3-light
casements to left gable and 2-light casements to attics. Right
return side with, to left, single mullion and transom window
with casements, to right the timber-framed gable end of C16 or
C17 range; square framing 3 panels high with jowled posts and
leaded-light casements, gable-end truss of straight tie beam
with cyma moulded chamfer and run-out stops, principals with
parallel raking struts half-lapped to form diagonal pattern,
double trenched purlin roof, single 2-light attic casement.
Rear of square framing 3 panels high with 2 mullion windows
with later transoms and iron casements, some with leaded
lights; tiled gabled dormer window with 2-light casement,
mullioned 4-light cellar window.
Central phase: 2-storey range facing street linking earliest
and later range; 2-window range of 8/8 sashes in
elliptical-arched openings, multi-pane casements at ground
floor, 6-panel entrance door to left under projecting tiled
gabled porch. Rear with ground-floor mullion and transom
window with leaded lights in iron casements in
segmental-arched opening.
Main C18 range to west: 3-storey and cellar range with formal
facade to left return side facing west. Three 6/6 sashes with
gauged brick lintels, the central window extended down by
wooden apron to porch. 3/3 sashes to attic, 2 venetian windows
to ground floor with 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes and Gothick-style
intersecting glazing bars to centre heads. Central
semicircular flat-roofed brick projecting entrance porch,
6-panelled door with fanlight with Gothick-style intersecting
glazing bars set in stone doorcase with plain pilasters and
entablature, flanking 4/4 sashes with gauged brick lintels.
Return side facing north: 2-storey canted bay window with
hipped slate roof, three 6/6 sashes to each storey, 3/3 attic
sash with gauged brick lintel.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5171370656

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663492

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings