noun
grange
A country house with its associated farm buildings and land.
The old grange includes a stone house, barns, and fields.
Etymology
The ancestor names a granary or farm establishment. The word broadened to a country property combining a residence with the agricultural buildings and land around it.
More examples
- A gravel lane leads to the grange and its surrounding pastures.
- They bought the grange to raise sheep and grow vegetables.
- Both granges have spacious houses and several farm buildings.
Forms
grange · granges
Similar words
- farmstead
- Emphasizes the farmhouse and working buildings rather than surrounding land.
- estate
- Can describe a larger property without any farming use.
- farmhouse
- Names the dwelling alone, not its outbuildings and land.