Grove House, Manchester

Grove House, 316–324 Oxford Road

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]

Doorcase with fanlight

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.^[3] and has had various uses since then, including as a student health centre.

Notes

1 2 Hartwell et al. 2004, p 437
1 2 Student Health Centre, University of Manchester British Listed Buildings
↑ Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University, 1851-1951. Manchester: University Press; appendix VI, p. 169

References

Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10583-5.

Buildings and structures in Manchester, England

Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)	Owen Street Tower A (201m) Beetham Tower (169m) Owen Street Tower B (140m) CIS Tower (118m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m)

Highrises (over 50 metres)	1 New York Street 1 Spinningfields 3 Hardman Street 111 Piccadilly Arndale Tower Civil Justice Centre Great Northern Tower Manchester One Maths & Social Sciences Building No. 1 Deansgate New Century House One Angel Square One St Peter's Square Two St Peter's Square Owens Park Palace Hotel Peninsula Building St James Buildings Town Hall Town Hall Extension

Notable lowrises (city centre or Grade II* listed)	1 The Avenue 1-3 York Street 25 St Ann Street 38 and 42 Mosley Street 46-48 Brown Street 50 Newton Street 53 King Street 84 Plymouth Grove 100 King Street Afflecks Alan Turing Building Albert Hall Ancoats Hospital Arkwright House Athenaeum Baguley Hall Bank Chambers Barlow Hall Barton Arcade Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre Central Library Chetham's Library Chips Clayton Hall Corn Exchange County Court Daily Express Dalton-Ellis Hall Didsbury School of Education Estate Exchange Former Bank of England Free Trade Hall Gateway House Old Granada Studios The Green Building Grove House The Haçienda Hanover Building Heaton Hall Holyoake House Hough End Hall Hulme Hall Hulme Hippodrome Institute of Biotechnology John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library Kendals Lawrence Buildings Law Library Lincoln House London Road Fire Station Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Museum Mechanics' Institute Memorial Hall Midland Hotel Minshull Street Crown Courts Museum of Science & Industry National Graphene Institute Nicholls Building Odeon Cinema Old Wellington Inn Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum Portico Library Playhouse Theatre Redfern Building Reform Club Rose Hill Royal Eye Hospital Rylands Building Sackville Street Building Ship Canal House Slade Hall Smithfield Market Hall St. Anselm Hall St Mary's Hospital Strangeways Sunlight House Theatre Royal Toast Rack The Towers Transport Museum Urbis Victoria Baths Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Hall Wythenshawe Bus Garage Wythenshawe Hall

Mills and warehouses	107 Piccadilly 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Albion Mill Asia House Beehive Mill Bridgewater House Brownsfield Mill Brunswick Mill Canada House Chorlton New Mills Churchgate House Dale Street Warehouse Havelock Mills India House Jackson's Warehouse Lancaster House McConnel & Kennedy Mills Murrays' Mills Old Mill Piccadilly Mill Royal Mill Shudehill Mill Watts Warehouse

Religious (Grade I or II* listed)	British Muslim Heritage Centre Brookfield Church Castlefield Chapel Christ Church Cross Street Chapel Holy Name of Jesus Edgar Wood Centre Gorton Monastery Holy Trinity Platt Church The Hidden Gem Jewish Museum Manchester Cathedral Manchester Reform Synagogue St Ann's St Chrysostom's Church Church of St Cross St. George St James St John St. Mary Church of St Michael St Nicholas St Peter Upper Brook Street Chapel St Wilfrid

Transportation	Manchester Airport Airport station Deansgate station Piccadilly station Victoria station Oxford Road station Piccadilly Bus Station Shudehill Interchange

Entertainment	Apollo Arndale Centre Bridgewater Hall Central Contact Theatre Cornerhouse The Factory Great Northern Warehouse HOME Palace Theatre Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Opera House The Printworks Manchester Arena The Ritz Royal Exchange Theatre

Sports venues	Aquatics Centre Belle Vue Stadium Broadhurst Park National Cycling Centre (BMX Arena, Velodrome) Etihad Campus City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Academy Stadium Manchester Regional Arena National Squash Centre

Memorials and sculptures	Alan Turing Memorial Albert Memorial B of the Bang Cenotaph Peacock Mausoleum

Bridges	Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge

Architecture Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Grade II listed Mills Monuments Tallest Warehouses Italics denote building under construction

Coordinates: 53°27′44″N 2°13′49″W / 53.4623°N 2.2302°W / 53.4623; -2.2302

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