Groves House
GROVES HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101648
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Groves House
- Statutory Address:
- GROVES HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1101648
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jan-1980
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Oct-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Groves House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROVES HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GROVES HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sawbridgeworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 48150 14956
Details
LONDON ROAD 1. 5253 (East Side) Groves House (formerly listed as Grove House) TL 4815 1495:3/1 14.1.80 II GV 2. C17, early C18 external details, C19 parallel rear extension. 2 storeys, cellar and attics. Timber frame plastered. N gable rebuilt in brick incorporating earlier internal gable chimney. Lateral stack at rear SE. Steep old red tile gabled roof. C19 parallel rear wing in brick with slate roof and ornate ci rainwater head to N end of valley gutter with 'IH 1851'. Symmetrical 3 window and central door W facade but larger area of wall to N end to allow for large hearth. Plinth, large cove to eaves returned before corner. 3 light mullioned wood casement windows with central iron opening lights. Rectangular leaded glazing. 6 panel door, top 2 glazed, heavy frame with architrave. Bold shaped brackets support moulded flat hood. House with workshops adjacent of coachbuilder Samuel Patmore Groves (executor in will of 1828). An interesting survival in a developing commercial area.
Listing NGR: TL4815014956
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160805
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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