Description

SE 55 NE SHIPTON MAIN STREET
(West side)
1758/5/33
The Grange
20.10.1986
II

House now restaurant. Mid C18, altered C19 and C20. Built for the Dawnays of Beningbrough Hall. Orange-pink brick in stretcher bond rendered at front; pantile roofs. 2 storeys, 3 bays, central bay breaking forward, with 3-bay wing to rear right.
Main front: ground floor - C20 glazed portico masks central doorway flanked by canted bay windows. 1st floor - C20 16-pane sashes in flush wood architraves under channelled wedge lintels and with stone cills. Brick kneelers. Raised verges. End stacks.
Right return: main ranger plinth and 4-course band; wing: left window has door inserted; other windows 16-pane sashes (some C20) under flat brick arches with stone cills, 4-course band, dentilled eaves band, stacks to centre of ridge and to right end.
INTERIOR has original dog-leg, open-string staircase, opposite doorway, with 3 balusters per tread of column and vase type, moulded handrail and newel. Front right room has shell niche with wooden architrave. Imported panelling in left room.

Listing NGR: SE5528658512

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581537

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)