The Grange

The Grange is a house with mid-18th century origins, incorporating elements from 1686 and a 19th-century extension. The house is constructed of local stone with Ham stone ashlar dressings, and has a hipped roof covered in plain clay tiles, with brick chimney stacks. Originally designed as a T-shaped building, it now has a six-bay East facade, with the sixth bay added in 1856. The facade features a plinth, a bond course eaves cornice, and rusticated quoins. The ground floor has tall 12-pane sash windows within architraved surrounds with moulded cills, while the upper floor windows are 16-pane sashes, also in architraved surrounds. The third window from the right has scrolled jambs, and the bay below features a projecting stone porch with a four-panel door, a four-pane fanlight, and a pitched lead roof. The porch is embellished with console brackets and offset buttresses. French doors match the porch’s detailing, and the above window has scrolled jambs. Dormer windows with hipped roofs are present in bays two to five, with a half-hipped dormer in bay six featuring a semi-circular headed window. The South side of the house has had its ground floor windows deepened and upper windows narrowed in the mid-20th century. A plaque on the North gable wall reads "1686 TW" (Thomas Wickham) and "1856 HDW" (Hill Dawe Wickham), commemorating the Wickham family who served as Rectors of Horsington from 1686 to 1897. Inside, original features include six-panel doors, moulded ceiling covings, a notable 18th-century staircase with a false arcade, and details reminiscent of the work of Nathaniel Ireson.