Gray House

Gray House is a house dating to 1913, designed by CA Clayton Greene for Tindal Greene, built in a vernacular revival style. The external appearance is of brick under grey-washed rough render, with narrow brick dressings, and a plain tiled roof with render and brick chimneys. The front has four windows, the left being in a cross wing. The front door is centrally positioned to the right of centre, within an arched surround constructed of bricks laid radiating outwards, some projecting to resemble voussoirs and a keystone. The door features a long, narrow central light and long, narrow panels below an arched hood with delicate fretwork. Leaded casement windows are present throughout, with rendered reveals, some of which are awaiting renewal, and projecting wood sills. The first floor windows include single windows above the door and to the left, two-light windows to the right of the door, and a five-light window in the left cross wing gable, which has swept feet and brick kneelers. A wide window is located on the ground floor of the right wing return, with a five-light window on the first floor. The rear garden front features a glazed door, a two-light window, a wood balcony balustrade above the glazed door and narrow window, a full-height square bay projection with five-light windows under a pent roof, and a five-, four- and two-light window in the right-hand gabled wing with a two-light window in the return.

Inside, a close-string dog-leg staircase has stick balusters, a high grip handrail, square newels with ball finials on high swept feet. The doors are mostly two-panelled, with the intermediate rail placed high, some glazed with bars, and all have architraves. The chimney-pieces are of historic type, including one Tudor-arched stone surround with a sturdy wood mantel on wide pilasters, and others with tin-glazed tiles and cast-iron hour-glass or reeded back grates. An attic room contains Art Nouveau fittings. Arch-brackets support pegged beams in the ground floor rooms, while the first floor of the cross wing has coved ceilings. Some render was removed at the time of survey and is awaiting replacement. A signed and dated plan is in the possession of the owner.