Grange Cottage

KEMERTON CP PEPPERCORN ALLEY (south side) SO 9437 - 9537 9/87 Grange Cottage - II

House. Circa 1500 with early C17, mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber- framed with painted brick infill on limestone rubble base with rendered brick and rubble replacement walling and refacing. Thatched roof with brick ridge end stacks. Originally a cruck hall house of two framed bays aligned north/ south with chimneys inserted internally at each end, probably in C17, and since partially rebuilt. Single storey and attic with dormer. Framing: two rows of panels from sill to wall-plate. Former cruck at north end altered and reconstructed as collar and tie-beam truss in C17. South end entirely rebuilt in brick. East front elevation: windows are all C20 casements. There are two 3-light windows on the ground floor and an eyebrow dormer with a pair of 2-light windows. The main entrance to right of centre has a porch with a flat canopy on timber posts and a C20 half-glazed door. Attic light at north gable end. Interior: the central cruck truss survives although the lower section of the eastern blade is missing. The northern bay has an inserted C17 ceiling and a large fireplace which was blocked in the C19. The open hearth was probably situated in the upper southern bay; the ceiling in this part is of C19 date. The east window in the south bay appears to have originally been of similar size as part of the former frame is visible.

Listing NGR: SO9474637412