Description

TM 38 SE SPEXHALL HALL LANE

2/23 Grove Farmhouse
-

- II

Called Spexhallgrove farm on map.
Farmhouse. C16 timber-framed core, encased in early C19 colour-washed brick.
Black glazed pantiles; corbelled gables; 2 internal chimney-stacks with plain
square white brick shafts. 2 storeys, formerly with attics to main range; it
storeys to a wing, set back, at right-angles to the front. 2-light and 3-
light early C19 mullion-and-transome type windows, in deep reveals with
segmental-arched heads, to each storey. Lobby-entrance against the stack;
entrance door within a slightly projecting 2-storey porch with flat roof and
moulded cornice, the door itself recessed, with 6 flush panels, and the
surround with half-round pilasters, plain architrave, and flat pediment. 3-
cell main range, with most timbers covered: one main beam with wide chamfer
and stepped stops. Newel stair against the internal stack. The wing, in 3
bays, added as a service range. The remains of a moat surround the house.

Listing NGR: TM3758081546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283430

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

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)