The Grange, Gates And Gate Piers At The South East Corner Of The Grange

The Grange, along with its gates and gate piers located at the south-east corner, is a building with origins dating back to the 12th century. It was converted into a hall house during the later Middle Ages and underwent significant remodeling and rebuilding in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Bath architect John Wood lodged here. The ground plan indicates it was originally a hall house, with one wing completely rebuilt in 18th century limestone rubble and featuring slate roofs.

The structure consists of a three-storey, three-bay central block, with a gabled, projecting two-window wing to the right, and a mid-18th century two-storey, two-bay ashlar-built wing that is slightly set back to the left, topped with a hipped slate roof. The left-hand wing has a cornice and parapet, and an off-set buttress is positioned to the left of the entrance. The central block features glazing bar sash windows with brick reveals on the first floor, bolection architraves, moulded cills, cornices, and relieving arches on the ground floor. There is a small single light window, likely from the 17th or early 18th century, to the left on the ground floor.

To the right of the entrance, a doorway has been inserted above which is a plaster panel depicting a bird, the crest of the Seymours, who owned The Grange from the Reformation until 1770. The right-hand wing has sashes in bolection architraves, moulded coping on the gable, relieving arches over the windows, and a blind square panel in the gable with bolection architrave and cornice. The central door opening is square-headed with a pediment that replaces a window. The left-hand wing has sashes in plain architraves, and a cambered head door opening with a keystone to the right, featuring a bracketed open pediment and the date T N 1761 on one of the jambs. The return to the east has a stepped chimney, and the wall to the left has been lined with an extra masonry skin.

The gate piers and gates connect the south-east corner of The Grange with the boundary of the Dower House. Inside, the ground floor room to the east is panelled and dates from the mid-18th century, when John Wood II was the lessee. There are three doorways in the west internal wall, one of which has a Tudor arch head, said to represent exits from the screens. The staircase, located in the former stair-turret, appears to be a pashche.