Description

TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN

SP17SW UMBERSLADE ROAD
652-1/2/188 (East side)
16/02/88 Old Grove Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C17/early C18 with C19 outhouse
adjoining and C20 alterations. Timber-framed covered by render
and mock framing, brick wings, with plain-tile roofs and slate
roof to lean-to, and brick stack. 2-unit-plan rear wing with
lean-to.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 3-window range. On first floor are a
3-light, a single-light and a 2-light casement. To ground
floor a 2-light and a 3-light casement. Central entrance
within glazed passage which links to C19 brick outhouse
extension which has a 3-light casement facing. To left return
a 3-light casement and a 2-light casement on both floors of
rear wing. Central ridge stack. Lean-to has catslide roof.
INTERIOR: timber-framing with jowled studs. Chamfered spine
beams, open fireplace with brick piers. Plank doors. Tie-beam
trusses with one purlin probably renewed early C19. Further
small open fireplace to right, stack removed.
Forms a group with Benson's Barn and Country Cottage (qv).

Listing NGR: SP1274372753

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662525

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas