Grove House, Manchester

Grove House
Grove House, 316–324 Oxford Road
General information
Address	316–324 Oxford Road, Manchester, England
Year(s) built	1838–40
Technical details
Floor count	2
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Student Health Centre, University of Manchester
Designated	18 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. It is a Grade II* listed building as of 18 December 1963.

Pevsner described it as "a large detached house set back from the street." 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." It was first occupied by the university c. 1952 and has had various uses since then, including as a student health centre.

Gallery

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  Doorcase with fanlight

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.