Great Graces

Great Graces is the remaining portion of a large, mid-16th century red brick house, likely the east wing, with attics and cellars. It was formerly owned by the Mildmay family between the 16th and 17th centuries. The east front features four window bays with double-hung sashes, glazing bars, and segmental-headed reveals. The west front incorporates a slightly projecting gabled wing to the north, spanning three window bays, and a main block of three window bays, also with double-hung sashes, glazing bars, and segmental-headed reveals. On the ground floor of the west front, there are remains of an original mullioned and transomed window with rusticated stone dressings. The south end displays a Dutch gable with moulded brick coping, stone rusticated quoins, and a three-light mullioned and transomed window with rusticated stone dressings. The tiled roof is hipped at the north end. The east and west fronts include a gabled dormer window. An original central chimney stack features two octagonal shafts with moulded bases. Inside, an original staircase remains. Great Graces forms a group with a barn and outbuilding to the north-east, an outbuilding to the south-east, and a wall and pavilion to the east.