Description

SO 5095-5195 CARDINGTON C.P. CARDINGTON

12/24 Grove Farmhouse
18.9.69

- II

Farmhouse. Dated 1683 with C18 and C19 alterations and additions.
Squared and thinly coursed yellow sandstone; plain tile roof. T-
plan with projecting gabled cross-wing to south-west. 2 storeys and
gable-lit attic. North-west front: large integral lateral stack to
right-hand cross-wing with stone lower part and pitched-roofed link
to attic and chamfered offset to late C19 brick upper part with reset
datestone. Fenestration altered in C19 and C20; main range to left
with first-floor C19 two-light wooden casement to right and blocked
window to left and ground-floor C20 two-light wooden casement to left
with blocked window to right; cross-wing to right with C20 two-light
attic casement, first-floor C20 wooden casement to left and blocked
window to centre, and ground-floor C19 segmental-headed 3-light wooden
casement to left with blocked window to centre; sealed C19 door in
left-hand return front with lean-to stone porch in angle. Right-
hand return front of cross-wing with two C20 casements to each floor.
C20 porch adjoining main range to left with C20 panelled door. Catslide
roof over lean-to kitchen addition in angle at rear with integral
brick stack. Interior not inspected but chamfered beams and corner
fireplace noted.

Listing NGR: SO5051495074

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307270

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)