Monument record 0040500000 - GRANGE FARM

Plan Form - SUBSQUARE
REMAINS PARTLY WATERFILLED. NO TRACE OF S ARM & S HALF OF E ARM. S ARM OCCUPIED BY OUTBUILDINGS & GARDENS. S HALF, E ARM RECENTLY INFILLED. OVERALL 130-140M ACROSS. POSSIBLY 2 MOATS? (B1-2,B4). IRREGULAR COURSE ON N SIDE SUGGESTS DOUBLE MOAT WITH W BARN ON INFILLED ARM DIVIDING PRESENT 'MOAT' INTO 2 (B6).



(SP 820 057) Old Grange (NAT) A: (SP 82000572) Moat (NR) B: (SP 82050585) Moat (NR) (B9).
Only fragments remain of the moat at Grange Farm, a house dating from the early 16th century with additions and restoration in the 18th and 19th (b2) or 17th to 18th centuries. To the north east of the farm is a 16th-17th century barn, said to have been built on the site of an ancient farm called Herdwic of the 10th century (b5). Missenden Abbey held land in Great Kimble from the 12th century until the Dissolution (b10) and this may have been its grange. Described as a 'Grange House' in 1580 by EPNs (b3). (B2, B3, B5, and B10).
Remains of a partly water-filled sub-square homestead moat, centred at SP 82030580, measures overall 130.0 to 140.0 m across. Of the S arm and southern half of the E arm no trace remains, the site of the former being occupied by outbuildings and gardens and the latter having been recently filled in. At the SW corner of the moat is a spring, and the much greater width of the W arm, some 26.0m compared with 8.0 to 10.0m elsewhere, suggests it to have been used for a fishpond. The resultant stream flowing to the NE has been utilised for the N arm and it escapes from the NE corner. Only part of the W arm remains waterfilled. Grange Farmhouse at SP 82050577 is a fine timber house of E.16th century date but has an external appearance of the 18th century having been refaced with brick, and is consequently not outstanding. Published 1:2500 survey revised. See G.P (B11).

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