Description

SJ 86 NE NORTH RODE C.P. DOB FORD ROAD

5/40 The Grange

14.4.67

GV II

Country House. Mid/Late C18. Red English garden wall bond brick with
ashlar dressings. Entrance front: Mid C18 portion to right. Basket
archway to ground floor with ashlar quoins and voussoirs with
projecting triple keystone now blocked and containing C20 window.
Ashlar band at level of springing of arch. Similar band above at
level of sill of tri-partite first floor window which has ashlar
surround. Shallow pedimental gable above with stone coping and
kneelers containing circular brick panel (most probably originally
window, now blocked) with bolection moulded ashlar surround. To left
of this is a slightly recessed portion of two bays. Central ground
floor door with moulded wooden case. Ground floor windows to either
side of 4 x 4 sash panes with flat-arched heads and two similar to
first floor. To left of this is a C19 projecting semi-octagonal bay
with stone base and flat arched heads to windows which show that the
openings have been extended at the sides at some time and possibly
lowered. Double glass doors to front and angles. First floor sash
windows of 4 x 4 panes with flat arched heads. Doorway to left of
this with fanlight in panelled wooden surround with first floor sash
window of 4 x 4 panes. To left of this a projecting bay with ashlar
base and blind two-storey arch having ashlar quoins and band at level
of springing. There is an ashlar cornice above of cyma outline. Left
hand reveal: three bays symmetrically disposed with ashlar plinth.
Also ashlar piers to extreme right and left and projecting central bay
flush with brick walling and at ground floor level only. Central
basket arch containing sunken brick panel with window of 4 x 4 sash
panes. Ashlar band at level of springing of arch confined to ashlar
piers at centre and sides. To left and right are sash windows of 4 x
4 panes. Stone band at level of first floor window sills at which
level the stone piers cease. Central sash window of 4 x 4 panes with
tri-partite windows to either side (probably of later date being
horned sashes). Ashlar cornice above of cyma profile and open
pediment to centre with stone surround. To the left of this is a C19
single storey two-bay addition, with hipped roof. Rear: Slightly
projecting wing at left similar to that at right of entrance front.
Scattered fenestration to right of this including three C20 arched
staircase windows.

Listing NGR: SJ8980567226

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614930

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