Description

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5338 SKIPTON ROAD
Grove House
SE 3056 7/169

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Circa 1745-54 built as World's End Inn, wings added circa 1897-1902. 3 storeys,
5 window centre with dormers and 2 storeys, 5 window wing additions. Hipped
slated roofs with battlemented parapets. Coursed, squared grit stone rubble
with long and short dressings to quoins of centre block. Cornices. Continuous
plain 1st floor band. Recessed sash windows with bays and glazing bars; outer
bays of west wing with splayed bay windows. Stone porte cochere of circa 1896
with arched entrances, and battlemented parapet with heraldic lions on corners;
doorway with block dressings and bays. 4 storey tower attached to east wing
with battlemented parapet with machicolations.
Interesting interior with former picture gallery in east wing and billiard room
extension at rear; hearth in west wing with elaborate stone open fireplace with
mantlepiece carried by caryatids, balustraded staircase and gallery, sand stained
glass window showing various trades and industries.

Listing NGR: SE3071656290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Grove House at Wikipedia
• Grove House official website
• Wikidata Q5611410

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)