Grange Court was formerly the Market Hall of Leominster, built by John Abel, King’s Carpenter, in 1633 at the junction of High Street and Broad Street, where it stood until 1853, when it was dismantled as it was proving a traffic hazard. It lay in pieces in a builder’s yard until 1859, when it was bought by John Arkwright and rebuilt on the park known as the Grange, 130m S of the Priory church. The open ground floor was then filled in, and it was converted for residential use. It remained a family home until 1939, when it was compulsorily purchased by the District Council to prevent it being dismantled again and m,oved to S wales to become a gatehouse to St Donat's Castle. The Borough Council, then the District Council, and later the County Council had offices in Grange Court until 2008, when the redevelopment began to convert it to its present use as a Community, Enterprise and Heritage Hub. Carved stones presumed to come from Leominster Priory were discovered on this site during the 1859 works, and were later erected in a garden SE of the building in the present arrangement.
The main structure is an opening in the form of a chamfered, pointed, plain continuous arch, with a row of chevron voussoirs added on the R side as a 2nd order. The main arch is flanked by a pair of round-headed lancets, 12thc in date but plain with a continuous chamfer. In addition, other medieval fragments are scattered around the arch and other areas of the garden. Of these only one, a base, was recorded here as possibly Romanesque. Prof. Zarnecki visited the site c.1990, and described 3 further Romanesque stones. These were not photographed at the time and could not be foung in 2017, but Zarnecki's descriptions and measurements are included below.
