Grange Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Farmhouse.
Grange Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallen-rotunda-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Grange Farmhouse, Aldford Road, Huntington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 423 627
- Coordinates
- 53.15902, -2.86291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grange Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1653, with the upper storey rebuilt in the late 18th century and a late 19th-century addition to the rear. It is constructed of orange brick in English garden wall bond and Flemish bond, topped with a Welsh slate roof and two brick chimneys. The building has a rectangular plan with two short ranges at the rear and features a symmetrical three-bay front over three storeys.
There is a brick plinth and plain pilasters between the bays on the ground and first floors, along with a moulded band at the first floor that acts as a cornice, showing remains of keyblocks over the windows, which may indicate central pilasters. The end bays contain inserted three-light windows with small-pane iron casements beneath cambered brick heads, while the top storey has two-light casements in half dormers.
A projecting gabled three-storey porch features a four-centred headed stone doorcase with a restored lintel inscribed with "AD 1653 EBM" and a graffito reading "GV 1755" on the jamb. There are two small windows above the porch, and a plain band runs across both floors of the remainder of the building.
Inside, there is one chamfered ceiling beam and a restored four-centred headed stone fireplace, with remaining fittings made of pine. If the date is accurate, this farmhouse represents an unusually early use of classical detailing in a vernacular structure.
Local climate
Grange Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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