# grange

/ˈɡɹeɪndʒ/ (US) · /ɡɹˈeɪndʒ/ (UK) · CEFR C2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/grange
Updated: 2026-08-15

## Definition

a large country house with farm buildings nearby. It is an old-fashioned word for a farm or a rural estate.

For teachers: a country house with its various associated farm buildings. Historically refers to a farm owned by a monastery or a feudal lord.

## Examples

- The old grange stands at the edge of the village.
- After the family inherited the grange, they spent years restoring the stone barns and the main residence.
- The novelist set her gothic mystery in a decaying grange, where the isolation of the surrounding fields mirrored the protagonist's growing sense of unease.

## Usage notes

- Often appears in British English as a proper name for houses or estates.

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