The Grange

The Grange is a rectorial manor house, rebuilt in 1684 by John Bloxham for Sir Thomas Cobb. It was extended to the rear in 1829, partially rebuilt around 1885, and further extended to the rear in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with ashlar dressings, and has a Stonesfield-slate roof with ashlar stacks. The plan is H-shaped, with added rear wings.

The symmetrical front elevation has two storeys and an attic, featuring seven windows. A recessed central three-window section has two-light mullioned-and-transomed windows with labels, and a central doorway with a richly-moulded surround below a pulvinated frieze and cornice. The contemporary wing to the left has pairs of similar windows, and a two-light stone-mullioned window in the gable. The right wing was rebuilt in the late 19th century following a fire, and is similar in appearance, but with limestone dressings. Dormers light the roof of the central section, and all gables have parapets. The left return wall has a symmetrical arrangement of three windows, some now blocked, with two tall gables bearing paired ashlar stacks. Further mullioned windows are visible on the rear gable wall. An early 19th-century kitchen wing extends to the rear and features wooden casements. An adjacent 20th-century bathroom wing has mullioned windows.

Inside, a wide dogleg staircase rises to the attics, featuring heavy turned balusters. An oak-panelled room has mid-17th century panelling, likely reused from an earlier house, and is topped by a frieze and dentil cornice. The roof incorporates a moulded medieval curved principal and butt-purlins.

The medieval rectory, which became the New College manor house in 1381, originally included a north wing that survived until around 1884 when it was destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt to match the south wing. Original contract documents and plans from 1682 are extant.