Bulkeley Grange

Bulkeley Grange is a mansion dating from the mid-19th century, built in a Jacobean style. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a slate roof. The main façade has three gables and three bays, with a further three-bay return (west) and a service wing to the east. A moulded stone plinth band runs along the base, with flush stone dressing and a moulded cornice at the first floor level. A large, projecting stone entrance porch has Jacobean-style pilasters and a double ovolo moulded surround to the entrance, featuring a flattened elliptical arch with a keystone. Inside the porch is a heavy oak panelled door and a three-quarter glazed vestibule screen. The porch has a flat roof with a stone open-work parapet. Stone mullion and transome windows have a wider cornice, with corbels over the ground floor windows. The outer bays are gabled and timbered with stone consoles supporting the apex bressumers. The east bay has a projecting, stone-dressed stack that passes through the apex timbers. The central bay faces a low ridge and features a cross window topped with a strapwork detail within a Gothic arched, coped gable, finished with stone crowning and flanking finials. Cast iron rainwater heads flanking the centre bay bear the initials “T.B.”.

The west elevation has a corbel table supporting the widened cornice above three ground floor windows and includes a large hexagonal stone bay with lights flanked by Jacobean pilasters. A matching stone bay, similarly placed, is also present on the east elevation. The service wing (east) features a loggia of five bays supporting a timber-framed, plaster-panelled upper storey. The main chimney stack has separated octagonal and square flues, and the ridge is finished with crested tiles.