Lambcote Grange Farmhouse

This is a farmhouse built in 1747 for G. Purslove, with an earlier wing dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. More recent alterations occurred in the 20th century. The main part of the house is constructed of ashlar magnesian limestone with a 20th-century cement-tile roof, while the rear wing has a pebble-dashed finish and a Welsh slate roof. The main facade is arranged with three storeys and five bays, extending to a wing at the rear which is continued by an earlier two-storey wing. The front features a plinth and rusticated quoins. A central French window is set within an architrave, featuring a monogram in a roundel beneath a consoled segmental pediment. Flanking bays have plain sash windows with projecting stone sills and architraves. A deep band runs across the first floor, linking the windows, with a sill band connecting those on the ground floor. The central sash window on the first floor has an eared architrave and a shell motif set within a corniced ashlar panel. The shorter second-floor windows are in matching surrounds, with the central window having an ashlar apron and moulded sill. An eaves cornice projects over the ends and centre, topped by a hipped roof. On the right return are blind, flat-arched window openings to each floor, except for the ground-floor bay one, which contains an inserted doorway. The second-floor openings are linked by a sill band and flank a deeply carved rectangular plaque bearing initials and the date ‘G.P. 1747’. The earlier wing on the right retains an original doorway with a quoined surround and a deep lintel with an arched soffit. It also has C20 casements, a ridge stack, and a hipped end to the roof.

Inside, at the foot of the main staircase, there is a display cupboard with three shaped shelves set within a concave architraved recess. A nearby doorcase has a keyed archivolt. The staircase has turned balusters and ramped handrails, while the dog-leg service staircase features simpler, turned balusters. A stop-chamfered transverse ceiling beam is found on the ground floor of the rear wing.

The site was formerly part of a grange belonging to Roche Abbey, confiscated by Henry VIII and granted to John Broxholme of Conisborough. It was sold to M. Purslove of Firsby in 1690, whose family built the front range and farm buildings at the rear; the indenture relating to this ownership was in the possession of the occupier at the time of a survey in 1987.