[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.