Description

AVETON GIFFORD A379
SX 65 SE
(off north side)
1/11
Grove Park Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. Early C19. Rendered rubble, exposed to back wall, asbestos-cement
slate roof. A symmetrical central stair hall villa with wings, presented as a
folly or eye-catcher to the road to the south. Two-storey 3-window centre,
12-pane plus margin bar sashes, low wings with crenellations have sash with
horizontal bar, under stopped drips. Central crenellated porch with glazed door
and pointed fanlight on 4 granite steps Hipped roof to box eaves, large eaves
stack each side; lofty brick shaft on external stack to low right wing. Back
has 2 and 3-light glazing bar casements and a central pent-roofed extension with
plank door; large 3-light raking dormer. Interior: stick stair, contemporary
doors with pointed heads to panels, right room has plaster ceiling rose, moulded
cornices. Inner front door to pointed arch and with cusping. A handsome
building with some architectural pretension, practically unaltered.

Listing NGR: SX6828850342

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401946

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)