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Rotherham Parish |
THUNDERCLIFFE GRANGE, (the seat of Lord Howard of Effingham) in the township of Kimberworth, and parish of Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 4 miles from Rotherham, 6 from Sheffield, 9 from Barnsley.
This house was a Grange of the Cistercian Abbey of Kirkstead, in Lincolnshire, which had forges and other considerable property in this part of the parish of Ecclesfield, and the adjoining parish of Rotherham, of the gift of De Busli and De Luvetot. Previous to the erection of a Grange by the monks of Kirkstead, there appears to have been a small hermitage here, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. After the dissolution the Grange was bought by one of the family of Rokeby, and passing through the hands of several families, the Wombwells, Shiercliffes, and Greens, in quick succession, became the property of The Right Hon. Thomas, the third Earl of Effingham, who took down the old Grange; and near its site, about the year 1777, laid the foundation of the present handsome edifice. On his decease, without issue, it passed to his brother Richard, the fourth Earl of Effingham, who made it for many years his usual summer residence. He died in 1816. --Hunter's Hallamshire.
It is now the property of the present occupier, Kenneth Alexander Howard, Baron Howard, of Effingham, K.C.B.Please note that the above transcription is from the year 1822 and not 2001.
I am told by Helena Christopher and Carolyn Andrews that from circa 1979 Thundercliffe Grange has been owned by "Thundercliffe Grange Limited" and is a Co-housing development cosisting of 12 flats, holding between 1 and 5 people each, with areas for communal use. -CH 2001.