Description

WEST HAGBOURNE FOXGLOVE LANE SU5187 (South side) 18/149 Grove Farmhouse 09/04/52 GV II*

Farmhouse. Mid C17, encased in brick and altered early C18. Red brick with grey brick headers in Flemish bond; old plain-tile roof; brick ridge stack to left of centre. Originally 3-unit lobby-entry plan. 2-storey, 5-window range to rear. Double part-glazed door to right of centre with fluted Doric pilaster surround supporting frieze with triglyphs and carved cows heads to metopes, pedimented hood on carved brackets. Tripartite sashes with glazing bars and cambered rubbed brick heads to right, centre, and left; that to left has 2 panels to base forming French window. Blocked doorway to left of centre. Moulded brick band between ground and first floor. Tripartite sashes with glazing bars and rubbed brick heads to first floor except blind panel to right of centre, and 16-pane sash to left of centre. Richly moulded brick cornice to eaves. Interior: dog-leg staircase with 3 twisted balusters to each tread. Room of fielded panelling to ground floor left with half-domed niche to left of fireplace with shaped shelves, winged angle-heads to spandrels and flanked by pilasters. Basket-arched recess to right of fireplace, continued in room to centre, probably former entrance. Subsidiary lean-to addition to left return.

Listing NGR: SU5169487804

External Links

• Wikidata Q17549290

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)