Description

PORTLAND

SY67SE THE GROVE, Grove
969-1/1/154 (South side)
No.102
Governor's House with front boundary
wall

GV II

Detached house, formerly Governor's House to the prison. c
1850. Rubble or squared rubble, slate roof. A broad-frontage
house direct to the pavement, originally a compact square
block, with prominent central bay on garden front, later
extended each end on N side. Two storeys and basement,
2:3:1-windowed. To the left are 2 blanked window bays, then
three 12-paned sashes above 2 sashes, one of these with brick
jambs. The first-floor windows in this middle section are
raised in part-dormers above eaves level, with hipped roofs
and corbelled dressed stone surrounds. To the right, in a
gabled section, a 12-pane sash in dressed stone raised
surround with capping and with bracketted cill, above a
12-pane sash. Off-centre, left, a C20 door with small transom
light in pilaster surround with moulded cornice. A plain mid
string continues round the whole building. Lofty central ridge
stack and smaller stack to right ridge, both with thin moulded
capping and blocking course. Right return is rendered, with
single and paired sashes at first floor,and a sash plus door
under glazed lean-to porch at ground floor level. There is to
the right a length of boundary wall to the street containing
plank door in brick jambs. The S, or garden front has central
3-window section with hipped canted full-height bay, and
12-pane sashes at each level, those to first floor with
part-dormers and dressings as on the N side; at ground floor 2
replaced with french doors. A flat-roofed 2-storey unit added,
left. Two further lofty stacks. To the right, set back, is the
wing extending the street front; a steel escape stair has been
added. This is an important part of the group of prison
buildings, with a visually significant position at the
junction between Grove Road and The Grove.

Listing NGR: SY7019272223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570849

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)