Listed Building record MDO12071 - Grove House, Rax Lane, Bridport

Grove House is a large three-storey early 19th century detached double-pile house in Rax Lane, with a symmetrical five-bay classical façade of yellow brick with stone dressings and stone porch with Roman Doric columns.

Grove House is a large detached house in Rax Lane, built in the early 19th century, but has been modernised -- the east wing has been largely rebuilt. It is of three storeys with a double pile plan with two parallel hipped slate roofs. It has a symmetrical five-bay classical façade of yellow brick with stone dressings, an eaves cornice and parapet, and a central ashlar porch with Roman Doric columns. The north façade has stucco pilasters at either end and a central doorway with three-quarter columns. The side walls are red brick. (1) (2)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 51 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Jones, B V and Williams, M, 2002, Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings, 69-70 (Unpublished document). SDO10497.

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Feb 10 2011 3:13PM