Description

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TL 9149
50/593

LAVENHAM
LADY STREET (east side)
No 5 (The Grove)

23.1.58

GV
II*

A large house standing back in its grounds with the front facing south, probably originally a clothiers house of C15-C16 origin. The south block was completely refaced in grey brick in the C18. Roofs tiled. The south block has a parapet and stucco cornice with arched modillions. Two storeys. The south front has outer two storeyed splayed bays and a central Venetian window surmounted by an open pediment. A central doorway has a Tuscan doorcase with plain columns and an open pediment. Two gabled dormers behind the parapet. The timber-framed and plastered wing to the north has a variety of small windows including an old restored mullioned window. There is an old ridge chimney stack with two short octagonal shafts and a large modern gabled dormer. The interior has fine panelled rooms and moulded beams. The front rooms have good C18 panelling.

Listing NGR: TL9160949225

External Links

• Wikidata Q26634625

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)