Grange Farmhouse

Farmhouse. It may date from the 14th or 15th century, with significant alterations and additions from the late 16th to early 17th centuries and subsequent changes. The construction incorporates sandstone rubble for the plinth and south wall, timber framing with plaster infill, brick, Welsh slate, and tiled roofing. The design follows a cross-passage plan, comprising three main structural bays aligned north/south, with smaller ancillary elements at each end.

The west elevation features a 2:1 window arrangement. A mid-19th century two-light casement window is positioned to the left, a four-paned window to the left of the porch, and a three-light casement in the first floor of the porch. The ground floor has a three-light casement to the left, and two small windows, one on each side of the steps leading to the granary. The timber frame is close-studded, with four panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate. The two-storey porch has arch braces from the corner posts, close-studding to the flanks, and parallel raking struts from the king-post to the principals in the gable front. A brick ridge stack has coupled diagonal shafts. The porch entry has a moulded frame and a ledged door with a strap hinge, likely dating to the late 16th century. A second entry, with a 17th-century ledged door, is located at the top of the stone granary steps. Attached to the left is a single-storey former solar part, featuring a plank-and-muntin screen and a moulded triangular door-head partially obscured by a brick stack. To the right is a mid- to late 19th-century single-storey brick extension, likely originally a wash-house. The east elevation of the granary has a first-floor moulded oriel window, probably cut down and without mullions.

Inside, a 17th-century staircase has turned balusters. There are several 2-centred moulded door-heads, including one leading from the present kitchen to a possible former buttery. The ceiling showcases moulded and chamfered beams. A room within the porch, originally a chapel, has elaborate plasterwork including fleur-de-lys, acorn patterns, a grotesque head, rosettes, and the inscription "IHS/1603". The main trusses are constructed with three posts running from the tie to the collar, with a central post rising to the apex and formed by the principals. This is an exceptionally well-preserved timber-framed building exhibiting elaborate Jacobean decorative features.