Description

TF 27 SE WEST ASHBY HORNCASTLE ROAD (east side)

2/142 The Grove Hotel II

House, now hotel. Late C17, late C18, c.1840. Red brick, stock brick, some render. Slate roofs with stone coped gables with kneelers. 5 ridge stacks, 3 with triple angle shafts, one with 5 angle shafts and a fifth to the south with 4 shafts in cruciform plan. 2 storeys and attic. Late C18 5 bay west front with slightly projecting central bay plus a projecting stock brick C19 bay to left with stepped gable and large stone finial. The latter with slightly projecting bay window with double glazed doors flanked by narrow fixed lights, overlights and with a dentillated band running above. Window in C18 bay to right with C19 glazed door with margin lights, inserted, retaining segmental head and wedge lintel. 4 glazing bar sashes to right and 6 glazing bar sashes above, all with segmental heads and wedge lintels. 3 C19 attic windows to right, all with coped gables and kneelers. The flanking attic windows with 2 light casements with glazing bars; the central window with a single casement with glazing bars, and a slit light in gable above. 3 light casement in C19 bay to left with moulded brick stepped hoodmould with coat of arms at apex. All the casements with segmental heads. C19 rendered 3 bay north front with plinth, and gabled porch to left with doorway with pointed head, continuous moulded surround and double plank doors. 2 glazing bar sashes to right with 3 glazing bar sashes above, all with flat chamfered heads. Above window to right is a coat of arms and inscribed: "Domino Confido", and a small casement in stepped gable above. Small, red brick C17 south range hemmed in by C19 additions with steeply pitched roof with stone coped gables. C19 range built up against south side with 2 shuttered openings with segmental heads, and a traceried rose window in stepped gable, with rectangular, brick moulded hood mould.

Listing NGR: TF2651772122

External Links

• Wikidata Q26544132

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)