Mollington Grange

Mollington Grange is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, but it was rebuilt in the late 17th to early 18th centuries, with further alterations made in the late 18th and mid-19th centuries. The building features English bond orange brick on a red sandstone plinth and has a Welsh slate roof, with one ridge and two gable brick chimneys. The layout includes a parlour, hall, and service rooms, and the south front is 2½ stories high with four bays. There is a brick band at the first and second floors, along with a stone-coped parapet that has recessed square panels, two of which are pierced to allow light into attic windows. The windows include 12-pane sashes with segmental brick heads and one 16-pane window with a flat stone head, replacing a symmetrical facade that originally had many now-blocked windows. The entrance features a moulded wooden doorcase with panelled soffits behind a flimsy wooden porch, leading to a door with four fielded panels and a plain fanlight. To the right, there is a one-storey, two-bay 19th-century extension.

Inside, there are two staircases: one is a dogleg design with square newels and a heavy handrail without balusters, and the other is a late 18th-century open string staircase with plain balusters and a mahogany handrail, except for the upper flight, which has square newels and good twisted balusters from around 1700. The interior also features some heavy cased ceiling beams, evidence of wattle and daub construction, and a now-hidden intramural stone stair. Six-panelled doors are set in moulded architraves. The dairy and cheese rooms added to the northeast are not included in this listing.