Grange Farmhouse

SP6122 LAUNTON STATION R0AD (West side)

14/94 Grange Farmhouse

25/09/86

• II

Farmhouse. 1683 on datestone; part possibly earlier. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. L-plan with subsidiary ranges. 2 storeys plus attics. Regular 4-window front has a 4-panel door to left of centre and has 4-pane late C19 sashes, except to left of the door where there is a French window. Datestone in centre of first floor is inscribed "16/I/II/83". Roof is hipped to left and returns over the rear wing, which has a tall stair casement plus a small leaded casement for the upper flight, and also has a pair of renewed cross windows above 4-pane sashes. 2 roof dormers face left. Both gables have old brick stacks. A later section, infilling the L, has a re-used leaded cross window and links to a 2-storey range projecting to right which may be earlier than the main house; it has an irregular 3-window front with 2 entrances and a loft door. Interior: oak dog-leg stair rising to attics with heavy turned balusters and knob finials. (V.C.H.: 0xfordshire, Vol.VI, p.233. Initials on datestone probably refer to John and Jane Jones)

Listing NGR: SP6121622930