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Grove House

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Grove House
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Detached five-bay two-storey hotel, built c.1880, now is use as guesthouse. Later extensions to rear (west). Recent lean-to extensions (rear), porch (east) and canted bay (south). Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Camber-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Round-headed opening (south) with timber fixed pane glass and stained glass windows with concrete sill. Square-headed door opening. Retaining interior features. Limestone boundary walls to front. Outbuilding to rear and recent guest rooms (south-west).
An elegant house which retains much of its original character and form, both internally and externally. The hipped slate roof and camber-headed window openings are typical features of its time of construction. Though relatively simple in form, its scale and elevated site combine to make it an imposing building in the surrounding area. Grove House received well known historical figures such as George B. Shaw, Jack Yeats and Edith Somerville.

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