Grove House, 316–324 Oxford Road
Doorcase with fanlight
Grove House, in Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, is an early Victorian building, originally three houses, of 1838–40.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building as of 18 December 1963.[2]
Pevsner described it as "a large detached house set back from the street."[1] The house is of "scored stucco on brick with a hipped slate roof. It has a round-headed central doorway with keystone and a fanlight with slender radiating tracery."[2] It was first occupied by the university ca. 1952 and has had various uses since then, including as a student health centre.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 437.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Student Health Centre, University of Manchester (Grade II*) (1246450)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ Charlton 1952, p. 169.
References
- Charlton, H. B. (1952). Portrait of a University, 1851-1951. Manchester: Manchester University Press. OCLC 7455878.
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10583-4.
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