Ruckley Grange, including terrace to west and south

Ruckley Grange is a country house dated 1904, designed by the architects Sir Ernest George and Yates. It stands on Neachley Lane in Tong, and is listed Grade II* as a building of particular architectural interest.

The house is built of squared and coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. It displays a Neo-Elizabethan style in an irregular H-plan with two storeys and an attic. The design features a plinth, string course, and moulded stone eaves cornice. The gable ends are coped with parapeted tops, obelisk finials at both feet and apexes, and two-light flat-topped dormers. Fourteen large stacks with cornices punctuate the roofline; the east stack is notable for its two diagonal shafts, while the north-west end stack has one square and one octagonal shaft. Windows are moulded stone mullioned and transomed with leaded lights, some with flanking pilasters and cornices.

The entrance front presents a slightly asymmetrical E-plan with gabled wings flanking a central three-storey gabled porch. The porch contains a moulded four-centred arched doorway with impost mouldings, keystone, and a 12-panelled door. Flanking pilasters carry raised lozenge decoration, frieze and cornice, surmounted by a carved coat of arms with strapwork and a triangular pedimented top.

The west front comprises an asymmetrical composition. A two-storey, two-bay porch sits off-centre to the left, featuring ground and first-floor cornices, a balustraded parapet with obelisks, and a gable set back behind. The first floor has pilaster strips and two-light windows; the ground floor displays a round-arched arcaded loggia with Tuscan columns grouped at the corners, with a half-glazed door set back behind, complete with overlight and side lights. Off-centre to the right stands a projecting three-storey gabled square bay; its ground-floor window includes a central segmental-arched light.

The south front is arranged in a U-plan with a 1:5:1 bay rhythm, featuring gabled wings, a central gabled eaves dormer, first-floor two-light windows and ground-floor cross windows. Two central half-glazed doors with two-light overlights and moulded surround are flanked by pilasters decorated with strapwork and supporting a frieze with dentil cornice. Above sits an uncarved strapwork plaque.

A service courtyard lies to the north-east, comprising single-storey ranges with a central round-arched carriageway to the north, complete with impost blocks, keystones, and stepped parapeted gables. A terrace to the west and south features squared and coursed sandstone dwarf walls with steps down to the lawn.

The interior contains a panelled entrance hall with a passage leading to a Neo-Elizabethan three-flight square-well staircase. The staircase features Ionic balusters, moulded handrail, and square newels with Ionic finials.

The Hall displays Neo-Elizabethan decoration with panelling and fluted pilasters. Its frieze is richly decorated with putti, and the panelled plaster ceiling incorporates moulded beams, lozenges and further putti. A marble fireplace with grotesques and egg-and-dart enriched cornice anchors the room.

The Drawing Room features Neo-Classical decoration with pilasters, a frieze bearing urns, and moulded cornice. Its fireplace is also Neo-Classical, with a central urn plaque and swags.

The Dining Room includes dado panelling and a Neo-Elizabethan stone fireplace with depressed arch. The spandrels contain uncarved shields, while strapwork pilasters and a fluted frieze frame the overmantel with its own fluted pilasters.

The Smoking Room contains a large stone fireplace with a shafted moulded arch. The shield bears the motto "CURA:ET:INDUSTRIA" and the inscription "THINE OWN/FRIEND AND/THY/FATHER'S FRIEND/FORSAKE NOT."

Some original architects' drawings remain in the house. The landscaped grounds contain a lake, gazebo, pool, balustraded retaining wall, walled garden, and gates. The house and stable block demonstrate the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement on architects not otherwise directly associated with it.