Grange Farmhouse

BRATTON LOWER ROAD ST 9152 (north side) 11/28 Grange Farmhouse (formerly listed as Bratton Farmhouse) 11.9.68 GV II Farmhouse. C17, altered mid C18. Flemish bond brick rebuilding of timber-framed house, tiled roof with hip to left and brick stacks. Two-storey, 5-window main range. Central 9-panelled door with integral transom light in roll-moulded surround with flat stone hood on brackets, two 12-pane sashes in beaded architraves either side. Moulded string course over lintels; first floor has five B sashes in beaded architraves, datestone with initials I A / 1739. Attached to right is range with surviving C17 brickwork opposite stack, two 12-pane sashes to ground floor, 2-brick plat band with projecting headers to lower course, one sash to first floor. Right return has 2-light casements, left return has sash to ground floor. Rear has two blocked 2-light cyma-mullioned windows to right, central bay retains square-panelled timber-framing with straight bracing and 3-light steel casement, late C18 lean-to 2-storey extension to left has planked door and casements. Interior not accessible at time of survey (May 1986), but said to contain C18 fittings. The initials on the datestone are those of John Aldridge Ballard, who rebuilt the house. (M. Reeves, Sheep Bell and Ploughshare, 1978)

Listing NGR: ST9112352641