The Grange

The Grange is an early 19th-century house with an earlier core, including some 17th-century features. Local tradition suggests that Captain Anthony Jenkinson, who travelled extensively in Central Asia and is said to have been a friend of Shakespeare's, owned the house in the early 17th century; he died in 1611. The house is two storeys high and has five windows on the front elevation, which are sash windows with glazing bars and keystones. Two of the ground-floor windows are divided into three lights. The roof is slate-covered with chimneys at the centre and ends. A round-arched doorway is topped with a stone archivolt and keystone, and features a fanlight above. A brick gable end, two storeys high and with two windows (one inserted), is also visible. The rear elevation is lower, constructed of red brick, and has four windows, alongside a hipped roof outshut in the corner. The eastern section of the house is believed to be the oldest part. Inside, there are beams with wide chamfers.