Grove House was built in 1818. This was an elegant private house, occupied for a time by the Childs’ family. In 1885 an extra storey with five extra rooms was added by jacking up the roof.
The house was converted from a private house to council offices and for a time housed the Chatteris Museum before becoming an adult education centre. The Town Council and Chatteris Museum now occupy a building in Church Lane.
The building has since reverted to private ownership and has undergone restoration, becoming a family home once more.
Photographs: now and then
Grove House, 2020. Photo: Lawrence Weetman 
Grove House, while the Isle College. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive 
The rear of Grove House, while the Isle College. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive 
Grove House, while council offices. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive / Stuart Stacey Collection 
Grove House. Photo: Chatteris Community Archive / Stuart Stacey Collection 
Grove House has 280 such inverted acorns along its eaves! Photo: Chatteris Community Archive
Many more photos, including internal ones, are available on the Chatteris Community Archive (see the “Find out more” section).
Where is it?
Location and directions: Google Maps
Find out more
- Grove House on Google Streetview
- Grove House on the Chatteris Community Archive, including photographs of interior details
- Grove House on the Historic England register of listed buildings
Taking a digital tour of Chatteris?
If you’re taking a Digital Tour of Chatteris, you should continue back towards the mini-roundabout by the black town clock at Jubliee Gardens. Instead of taking the left-hand fork back down the High Street, this time take the right-hand fork down Railway Lane. Next to the zebra crossing you’ll see our next stop: Burnsfield House.