Description

SP70NW
1706-0/1/10001

TOWERSEY
Grange Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse; derelict. Circa early C17; extended in C18. Timber-framed and brick. Plain tile
roof with gabled ends. Brick gable-end stack and large lateral stack with three brick shafts.
PLAN: C17 two and halfbay timber-framed range with a lateral stack on the north east side.
In the C18 a brick range was built to the south comprising one room and a stairhall and forming
a new front; to the rear north there is another C18 brick wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and
attic. 2-window south east front range with 3-light casements with glazing bars, central
doorway and gabled dormer with small casements; right-hand part of front is overgrown with
ivy. At rear gable-ended timber-framed wing on left with red brick nogging and further to left
a brick wing parallel to front range. INTERIOR: C17 timber-frame of two and half bays with
jowled posts, tension-braces and clasped-purlin roof with wind-braces. The C18 wings have
butt-purlin roofs; the south wing has C18 2-panel cupboard doors, but mainly Victorian
joinery, staircase and cast-iron chimneypieces.

Listing NGR: SP7428505534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543874

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair