Grove House, Manchester

Building in Manchester, England

Grove House
Grove House, 316–324 Oxford Road
Map
General information
Address316–324 Oxford Road, Manchester, England
Year(s) built1838–40
Technical details
Floor count2
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameStudent Health Centre, University of Manchester
Designated18 December 1963
Reference no.1246450

Grove House, on Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England, 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 c. 1952 and has had various uses since then, including as a student health centre.[3]

Gallery

  • Doorcase with fanlight
    Doorcase with fanlight

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 437.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Student Health Centre, University of Manchester (Grade II*) (1246450)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ 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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