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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Grove House (site) |
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Summary
Grove House (site)
| Grid Reference: | TR 2685 5713 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NE |
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| Parish: | STAPLE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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[TR 2685 5713] GROVE HOUSE [G.T.] (Site of) (1) The house at Groves, in Staple parish, was an ancient mansion enlarged in the 18th c. and demolished in 1843. A wall enclosing the garden of the present house (originally the 18th c. stables of the mansion) is part of the old house and a depression in one of the nearby meadows was the fish pond. (2,3,4) There is no trace of a building at the published site or in the garden wall of the present house. No traces of a fish-pond could be found. The owner of Groves could offer no further information. (5)
<1> O.S. 25" 1956. (OS Card Reference). SKE47811.
<2> "Hist. of Kent" 3, 1790, 672-3 (E. Hasted). (OS Card Reference). SKE32645.
<3> M.H.L.G. (2067/11/A, Sep.60) 46. (OS Card Reference). SKE46251.
<4> "A Saunter through Kent" 19, 1926, 74. (OS Card Reference). SKE32578.
<5> F1 FGA 07-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42900.
<6> Field report for monument TR 25 NE 3 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: O.S. 25" 1956.. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: "Hist. of Kent" 3, 1790, 672-3 (E. Hasted).. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: M.H.L.G. (2067/11/A, Sep.60) 46.. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: "A Saunter through Kent" 19, 1926, 74.. [Mapped feature: #47725 Site of house, ] |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 07-JUL-64. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 NE 3 - July, 1964. |
