Description

PORTLAND

SY67SE GROVE ROAD, Grove
969-1/1/133 (North side)
Ivybank with boundary wall

GV II

Detached house. Mid C19. Squared rubble with ashlar dressings,
slate roof to clay ridges. L-plan. Wide symmetrical frontage
in 2 storeys, 3-windowed. Margin-pane sashes. Central C19
gabled glazed porch with 6-panel door to right, covering a
pair of glazed doors with overlight. Single bay returns. At
back a C20 extension with 16-pane sashes. Low pitched hipped
roof to box eaves; brick stacks to rear. Interior not
inspected. Subsidiary features: a boundary wall c 2.2m hight
comes in left from a gate pier in Incline Road (qv), then
reduces to c 1.2m in squared rubble to a weathered capping
across width of house; wide garage opening, then short length
to right, incorporating boundary stone (qv). Included for
group value, as part of a good group of buildings including
the church, school and former prison (q.q.v.).

Listing NGR: SY6982772557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570873

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)