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Listed building outline: The Grove 390497

The Grove 390497

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entry-date: 1975-01-10
listed-building: 1207982
name: The Grove
notes: House. c1840s - date of 1849 found on paintwork during renovations. Re-planned internally and thoroughly restored externally in the 1990s. Stuccoed and blocked out; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts. Cottage ornee style. PLAN: Deep rectangular central staircase plan: some rear additions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, the outer bays bowed and gabled to the front. Very deep eaves on massive brackets; pierced ornamental bargeboards with apex pendants. Central gabled porch with elaborate bargeboards and buttresses; Tudor-arched doorway. C20 French windows to outer bays; 2-light C20 timber casements to first floor, centre window with arched heads. INTERIOR: Modernized and replanned. This house is one of a collection of picturesque small houses built on the steep, wooded cliffside above Babbacombe beach. The house was derelict and vandalized prior to its thorough renovation. Listing NGR: SX9310365336
reference: 390497
start-date: 1975-01-10
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