Description

SK 5236 NE BEESTON AND STAPLEFORD CHILWELL ROAD
(south east side)
6/5
The Grange
11.5.76
II

House. Now a police station. c.1820. Extended mid C19. Brick,
colourwashed, with hipped slate roof. Stone plinth, first floor
band, panelled eaves and parapet. 2 storeys plus attics, 5
unequal bays, square plan. Windows are mainly glazing bar sashes
of various sizes, with multiple keystoned lintels. Front has
setback addition to left and projecting wing to right. Off-
centre reeded doorcase with palemtte keystone and iron fanlight.
Flanked by 2 sashes. Beyond, to right, a single sash. Rear has
off-centre 2 storey canted bay window with 3 sashes on each
floor. Flanked to left by a tall sash and to right by doorcase
similar to front. To right, 2 sashes. Above, to left, a sash,
and to right, 3 sashes. West end has adjoining addition, late
C20, and to right, a sash. Above, 3 sashes. Interior has
Classical foliate plaster cornice and ceiling rose. This
building was formerly used as a homeless persons hostel.

Listing NGR: SK5271636662

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Grange at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7737521

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)