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Grove House — Ashe Street

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Grove House — Ashe Street
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Detached five-bay two-storey convent, built c. 1850, having pedimented breakfront and porch to front. Now in disuse. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and dentillated eaves course. Render cross finial to pediment. Painted rendered walls with render quoins and slate hangings to north and south elevations. Square-headed openings to first floor having moulded render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed tripartite opening to breakfront, first floor with moulded render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor having render entablatures, consoles, moulded surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening with spoked fanlight over timber panelled double doors. Square-plan porch having pediment and Doric style pilasters. Square-headed openings having fixed glazed windows. Square-headed opening with overlight and half-glazed timber panelled double doors. Limestone steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with recessed panels and ornate, dentillated caps having single-leaf cast-iron gate. Rendered walls with render coping and cast-iron railings to site.

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