The Grange

The Grange is a house located in Upton Scudamore, dating from the early 18th century with additions from the early to mid-18th century and a datestone from 1747. The building underwent alterations in the mid-20th century and was renovated in 1981. It is constructed of rubblestone, rendered at the front, with brick and stone dressings, and features plain tile roofs.

The house is two stories high and has three bays. Originally, the entrance was located between the left-hand bays, which had an external rear-wall stack. Two slightly recessed, single-storey bays were added to the left in the early to mid-18th century; these were rebuilt in 1981 with a brick end wall, and the right-hand bay was raised to two stories. A two-storey bay was added to the right end in 1747.

The main four-bay range has rusticated quoins on the right end, which are removed above the first-floor sill level. The entrance to the third bay is obscured by a gabled porch added in 1981. The windows feature ovolo-moulded mullions with dripmoulds, including two-light windows to the left bay and above the door, a three-light window to the second bay, and a two-light chamfered mullion window to the fourth bay, also added in 1981. The roof is hipped, with stacks located at the rear between the first and second bays and in the right bay.

On the left-hand addition, there are two-light flat-faced mullion windows with chamfered lintels and dripmoulds, with the left bay featuring a stable door and a stack between the bays. The rear of the house is mostly unrendered rubblestone with brick quoins indicating different building phases, and a few stone quoins at the right end of the main range. The main features at the rear include two external stacks, offset at eaves level, with the right-hand stack being very wide and both having brick quoins. The windows at the rear are 20th-century casements or sashes, some with brick jambs and wood or cement lintels.

The right return has rusticated quoins and features 1981 UPVC windows replacing sashes with glazing bars, with those on the first floor flanking the datestone "WBA 1747".

Inside, the ground floor has large-scantling chamfered beams and a large-scantling bressumer supporting an inglenook. There is an angled corner fireplace in the room adjoining the inglenook, which has a stepped stone surround. The roof features collared principal rafter roof trusses with threaded through purlins and intermediate collared rafter trusses.