The Grange

The Grange is a former rectory dating from the mid-to-late 17th century, with alterations and additions from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ironstone dressings, and has plain-tile roofs, brick ridge stacks and end stacks. The building has a complex plan. The main facade, facing north towards the garden, is two storeys and has an attic, with a five-window arrangement. A gabled stair turret rises above the eaves to the left of centre, featuring two-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows. A part-glazed panelled door is situated immediately to the right of the stair turret, set beneath a stone lintel. There are a pair of 'French' windows to the left of centre, with flat-arched heads, and a canted bay window to the far right. The first floor has a three-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion window above the bay window, and a gabled half-dormer window to the centre, also featuring a three-light stone mullion window. There are three-light casement windows to the left of the stair turret on both the ground and first floors, with wooden lintels. Stone-coped gables with kneelers are present. A two-storey, single-window extension is located to the left, with matching casement windows. Two rows of Collyweston stone slates remain on the roof to the left of the stair turret. The entrance front boasts three gabled projecting wings, the central one being shallower than those on either side, and dating from the mid-to-late 19th century, with similar stone mullion windows. The interior features an early 19th century open-well staircase with stick balusters and carved tread ends, alongside some reeded doorcases from the same period.