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Latitude: 51.0121 / 51°0'43"N
Longitude: -2.4266 / 2°25'35"W
OS Eastings: 370167
OS Northings: 123724
OS Grid: ST701237
Mapcode National: GBR MY.JK0T
Mapcode Global: FRA 56TF.LH7
Plus Code: 9C3V2H6F+R9
Entry Name: The Grange
Listing Date: 24 March 1961
Last Amended: 25 January 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1238139
English Heritage Legacy ID: 415481
ID on this website: 101238139
Location: Horsington, Somerset, BA8
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Horsington
Built-Up Area: Horsington
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
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ST72SW HORSINGTON CP
7/45 The Grange
(formerly listed as The Old
Rectory)
24.3.61
GV II
House. Mid C18 with C19 extension, but with 1686 origins. Local stone cut and squared with Ham stone ashlar dressings;
hipped plain clay tile roof; brick chimney stacks. Originally T-plan. 2 storeys with attices, 6-bay East facade, of
which bay 6 was added in 1856. Plinth, bond course eaves cornice, rusticated quoins; tall 12-pane sash windows to
ground floor with 16-pane sashes above, all in architraved surrounds with moulded cills; the upper bay 3 window having
added scrolls to jambs, and below a projecting stone porch with 4-panel door in architraved surround with 4-pane
fanlight over, surmounted by open pediment hood on console brackets, pitched lead roof, the side of the porch having
offset buttresses; bay 6 projects slightly and has french doors with surround to match porch - the window above has
scrolled jambs: hipped dormer windows bays 2 to 5, and half hipped dormer to bay 6 with semi-circular headed window.
The South side has, in mid C20, had the ground floor windows deepened and the uppers narrowed. A plaque on the North
gable wall "1686 TW" (Thomas Wickham) and "1856 HDW" (Hill Dawe Wickham)- the Wickham family were Rectors of Horsington
fron 1686 to 1897. The interior has 6-panel doors, moulded ceiling covings, a good C18 staircase with a false arcade,
reminiscent (as is the porch) of Nathaniel Ireson. (John A Cross, A History and Guide Book of Horsington, undated).
Listing NGR: ST7016723724
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