The Grange

House. Dating from the mid-17th century, it incorporates the remains of a 16th-century dwelling, 18th-century alterations and additions, and further changes from the late 19th or early 20th century. It was built for the Nicholson family. The house is partly timber-framed, with brickwork in Flemish bond, alterations in English garden wall bond, and a pantile roof. It has a 3-cell, direct entry, L-shaped plan, with part of a timber frame in a wing and two further 18th-century, 2-storey, gable-ended extensions. The main front has two storeys and three first-floor windows. A 2-storey, pedimented porch sits between the first and second windows, featuring an elliptical doorway arch with a multi-paned sash window set into the opening, which was formerly wider and less tall. There are blocked oval lights to the side walls of the porch, and interior side seats. The porch has a battened and studded door with hand-wrought iron strap hinges and timber lintels. Other openings have 16-pane sashes under flat brick arches with voussoirs alternately proud and flush, later made level with infill. A moulded first-floor band and a band above the first-floor windows extend around the gable ends. A dentilled moulded brick cornice tops the building. The left gable has a first-floor 4-light diamond-section brick mullion window and a 3-light similar mullion window in the gable. The right gable has 4-light mullion windows to both ground and first floors, all under flat brick arches with voussoirs alternately proud and flush. Brick capping to the kneelers and gable ends is also present. The original rear wing has a curvilinear gable. Stacks rise from the rear ridge, with one between the original wing and the main block featuring two diagonal shafts. Inside, the hall has 17th-century panelling with a 20th-century carved frieze and a fireplace with a salt cupboard under a reconstructed brick arch. A room to the right retains original 17th-century panelling, an overmantel with three carved arched panels, and an ovolo-moulded ceiling beam with cyma stops to one end. There are some panelled doors throughout. The Grange was the home of the Nicholson family, who held office under the Archbishop of York from at least the 16th century.