Micklethwaite Grange

Micklethwaite Grange is a house, now divided into two dwellings, dating from 1695. It was initially built for Robert and Mary Leach, as evidenced by initials and the date "R.M.L. 1695". The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone with stone slate roofs. The house has a distinctive L-shaped plan. The east front comprises three rooms, designed as a lobby-entry with double depth to the second and third cells, forming a square block with two gables to the rear. The south front (right return) features a doorway and windows, functioning as a separate dwelling (number 21). The east front has double-chamfered mullioned windows, some of which have had their mullions removed; the first two cells each have a five-light window above a four-light window. A doorway is positioned between these cells, with rusticated quoins, a cyma-moulded surround, a dated lintel, and an oculus above. The third cell contains a two-light window above a small light, and a five-light mullioned window above a four-light window. Coped gables and two ridge stacks feature on the roof. The rear of the house has two gables, with a stepped window to the first floor set within one gable. The right-hand return has a central doorway with an eared architrave, a bolection-moulded surround, and a raised keystone. A two-light window sits above the doorway, with a two-light window to the left and a mullioned-and-transomed five-light window to the right, above a three-light window. A later inserted doorway to the right-hand end has interrupted jambs. Internally, the third cell has scarf-jointed spine beams, evidence of a former bressumer and fire-hood. The detailing of the 1695 doorway is similar to that found at Eldwick Hall, Lane Head, which is initialled and dated 1696. It is likely that the two houses are connected in some way.