The Grange

The Grange is a detached house located in Edington, dating from the mid-18th century, with a later 18th-century rear range. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with stone dressings and chamfered quoins, topped with a tiled roof that features coped verges and gable end brick stacks. The building is two stories high and has three windows across its façade.

The central entrance door has six fielded panels and is set within a moulded stone architrave, topped by a flat stone hood supported by brackets. On either side of the door are three-light beaded mullioned and transomed casements with quadrant stays, and there is a string course above the lintels. The first floor features a three-light mullioned and transomed casement on either side of a central two-light casement, which has semi-circular headed lights, imposts, and keystones. The right side of the building has a large external stack with offsets, while the left side includes single-light casements and an external stack with the date 1773 on the rear range.

At the back, the late 18th-century range has 12-pane sash windows on both the ground and first floors, a gabled roof, and lead rainwater goods. There is a single-storey kitchen to the left and an extension with a stone slate roof and 20th-century patio doors.

Inside, the central entrance hall features an arch with a keystone and imposts that leads to a well-crafted dogleg staircase with two turned balusters per tread and a panelled dado. The single-storey kitchen has chamfered beams with ogee stops. The front rooms have chamfered beams and dentilled wooden ceiling cornices, with the drawing room boasting a moulded stone fireplace. The 19th-century rear drawing room has a reeded marble fireplace surround. The doors throughout the house have four fielded panels set in headed architraves. The roof is a six-bay collar-truss design.

The Grange is historically notable as the reputed residence of Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress and mistress of the 3rd Duke of Bolton.