Listed Building: GROVE FARMHOUSE (286466)

CRETINGHAM (Off) SWAN LANE TM 26 SW (East side) 1/52 Grove Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C17 with later C17/early C18 addition. Timber framed with colourwashed infill and roof of black and orange pantiles. Two-storeys, L- shaped plan. Three-cell, baffle-entry plan to the earlier wing. Entrance front: later projecting wing at left which has a C20 French window to the gable end at right and a 2-light C20 window to the gable. The right hand flank of this wing has a 2-light casement at left and a 3-light casement at right of the ground floor and a 3-light first floor casement at right. In the re-entrant angle between this and the earlier wing is a lean-to porch with pantile roof. To right of this in the axial range is a gabled porch at near-centre with a central 1/2-glazed doorway and lateral lights. To right and left of this are 3-light C19 casements. The first floor has two 3-light and two 2-light casements. To the ridge at right of centre is a single-flue stack and a further stack to left of the projecting wing. Right hand gable end : cross window to the ground floor and a 2-light first floor window with an outshut at right of this, slightly recessed, with a 2- light cambered-headed window. Left hand side: gable end of the axial range at left with two 3-light ground floor casements. One 3-light first floor casements and a 3-light attic casement above. Projecting later wing at right of this has a ground floor stable door at left with a single-light window to left of it, and at right of it a 2-light and a single-light window. Flat-roofed dormer window to the first floor with 2 lights at left and one at right. Rear: single-storey lean-to with catslide pantile roof with plank door at right, a cross window at left of that and a 2-light C20 casement at right again. The walling to right of this has two 3-light casements. Listing NGR: TM2320360903