The Grange

The Grange is a house, probably largely of the early 17th century, and possibly incorporating elements of a medieval building. It was partly remodelled in the early 18th century, with 19th-century additions and alterations. The construction is of roughly coursed and dressed limestone rubble, with alternating angle quoins. The roof is stone slate, with moulded parapets, coped verges, and ball finials to three gables of the main range, and plain coped verges to the right gable end. The house has a basic L-plan, comprising a three-bay main range with a lower, possibly medieval gabled range projecting to the rear, with 19th-century additions extending from the angle to the rear.

The main range is two storeys and attics. The first floor has three glazing bar sashes in earlier moulded surrounds. There are also smaller glazing bar sashes with dripstones in earlier surrounds, set within prominent gabled full dormers. The ground floor has three four-paned sashes and a contemporary glazed French casement (second from the left), all within earlier surrounds linked by a continuous hoodmould. Integral end stacks have dripstones and plain moulded capping.

The gabled range to the left has three casements with wood lintels to the ground floor, including a two-storey lean-to attached to the left. A glazing bar sash is set within a chamfered stone surround to the right on the first floor. Integral end stacks rise from red brick shafts to the left of the gabled range. Rubblestone and brick outbuildings are attached to the lean-to.

A full-height, narrow gabled range to the rear, likely of the 19th century, incorporates several reused medieval fragments, possibly brought in from elsewhere. These include a small, narrow chamfered lancet to the apex, a window with two-light bar tracery, remnants of a hoodmould, decorative carving to the top and bottom of the chamfered mullion, and a carved head below the window, along with pieces of moulding above and to either side. Lower down is a mutilated piece of later medieval tracery, with what appears to be part of a drain or water-spout incorporated. Below and to the left is a narrow round-headed window, with a 19th-century imitation to the right.

A single-storey, twin-gabled entrance porch stands at right angles to the rear range, featuring a panelled door under a pedimented hood to the right gable.

The interior was not inspected during the resurvey in May 1987, but is likely to be of interest, with panelled window shutters to the front rooms of the main range.