Description

CORSHAM PICKWICK ROAD ST 87 70 (south side) 5/323 The Grove (formerly listed as The Grove 20.12.60 with forecourt wall and gates) GV II*

House, 1737 (Pevsner) extended early C19, ashlar with hipped slate and stone tiled roofs. Two rear ridge stacks to main range. Two storeys and attic, square plan with added wings to rear. Formal 5- window main front with projected centre, channelled angle pilasters, raised plinth, moulded cornices over main floors, upper cornice with dentils, parapet with fielded panels over each bay and 2 segmental-pedimented dormers. Centre has 6-panel door in architrave with segmental-pedimented surround on fluted Ionic pilasters. Floral ornament in tympanum. First floor centre has 12-pane window in architrave with pedimented surround on Corinthian pilasters. To each side 2-window range of 12-pane thick glazing bar sashes in architraves with moulded sills and fielded-panelled aprons below. West end is rubble stone with upper dripcourse, C20 two-storey canted bay to left and one-window range of 3-light bead- moulded windows with dripstones to right. East side is rubble stone with similar one window range of 3-light windows to left. South-west rear wing paired with matching block added to south-east angle of original house, rear right side of original range built out as centrepiece of new south front. Two segmental dormers to original rear roof. Wings and centre, probably early C19, are ashlar, 2 storeys with hipped roofs and side wall stacks to wings. Wings have low ground floor, tall upper floor, raised plinth, band, moulded cornice and parapet, cornice carried around centre but with balustrade over. Wings each have large south end bow with 3 large arched unmoulded upper windows and plate-glass sashes and 3 plain ground floor openings, door flanked by 12-pane sashes to west wing, window in former door flanked by blank panels to east wing. Centre has arched recess framing very large upper semi-circular window with intersecting glazing bars. Two small circular openings each side. Sill course and band below. Ground floor has 12-pane sashes flanking half-glazed door. Curved screen walls each side of wings, ashlar with moulded coping and doorways in blocked architraves with voussoirs and keyblocks, pulvinated friezes and pediments, probably early C18. Interior not inspected, said to have fine early C18 panelling and staircase. (N. Pevsner, Wiltshire, 1975 196).

Listing NGR: ST8716370233

External Links

• Wikidata Q17543624

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6