Bourton Grange

BOURTON SU28NW 4/40 Bourton Grange

GV II

House, now office. Datestone on finial: JT (for John Tucker) 1847. Limestone ashlar. Welsh slate roof. Double-depth plan (4x2) with central staircase. 2-storey and attic, 4-window range. 3:1 facade with bay recessed, built flush with service range. Steps to 6-panelled door, under 4-centered arch with hood mould and ballflower terminals over; door flanked by 2 rectangular bays, with blind panel strips and lunettes to surround. 4-light moulded mullioned and transomed windows; ballflower terminals to hood moulds; original rainwater goods. Facade surmounted by 3 Dutch gables with moulded kneelers and round window; ridge stacks. Interior: Original panelled doors and straight-flight open-string stair with moulded balusters; service range to right of facade: limestone ashlar, 3-window range, with flat roof. In front of house is late C20 iron rail connected by stone circular piers with ball finials. John Turner, the builder of Bourton Grange, also built the 6 almshouses near Pinewood and contributed towards the rebuilding of the school. The Tucker family were responsible for the building of much of Bourton in the 1840s & 1850s, including Pinewood, the Church of St. James and the Baptist chapel. (Kelly's Directory, 1897).

Listing NGR: SU2293487334