Haversham Grange

Haversham Grange is a house that dates back to the 14th century and was originally a grange for Lavendon Abbey. The building has undergone various alterations, including a rebuild of the crossing in 1628, and modifications in the 16th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from coursed rubblestone with stone dressing and features old tile roofs. The structure consists of a two-bay medieval hall house with raised cruck, a cross passage, and a rebuilt cross wing. It has two storeys plus attics.

The 16th-century chimney stack is located at the back of the cross passage, and a floor has been inserted in the open hall. A 19th-century service building and a south lateral stack made of chequered brick are also present. The west elevation showcases a deeply moulded 14th-century doorway with a hood mould supported by carved heads, along with a diamond window above. To the left of the doorway is a three-light casement window, and to the right is a projecting gabled cross wing with another three-light casement.

On the first floor, the left bay of the hall range features a gabled window with a coped gable on kneelers and a small gable window above it. The cross wing has a coped gable on kneelers, a two-light casement on the first floor, and a three-light window in the attic. The north gable is coped on kneelers and has a carved finial, along with a datestone reading 'TTE 1628'. The south stack is stepped and panelled. There are traces of a hall window to the left of the 14th-century doorway, with a complete hall window at the rear featuring two lights with a transom; the upper lights have a blocked tracery head and a moulded label.

The northeast range is from the 18th century and has outside steps leading to a hayloft, while the southeast wing features a 19th-century slate roof. Inside, the screen passage beyond the 14th-century door has two arched openings, one of which is half-blocked, with mouldings similar to those of the outer door. To the left, there is a timber doorway arch, likely contemporary with the building. The 16th-century inserted stack backs onto the cross passage. The hall truss features raised crucks with an arch-braced collar and kingpost, and the crucks have a wide yoke with long curved purlin braces. Haversham Grange is an important example of 14th-century domestic architecture.