The Grange was built in 1817 as the home of D'Arcy Boulton (1785-1846; son of G. D'Arcy Boulton), his wife, Sarah Anne, and their eight children.
The original house, designed by an unknown architect, was two storeys high, 60 by 40 feet (18 m × 12 m) in area, with a low hipped roof containing a circular window.