The Grey House is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A Georgian House. 3 related planning applications.
The Grey House
- WRENN ID
- stark-newel-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Grey House, 61, Church Street, Ashbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 177 465
- Coordinates
- 53.01595, -1.73709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grey House is a large and impressive house built between 1760 and 1770. It is constructed of freestone and stands three storeys tall, featuring three bays with three-light angular bays on each side. The central lights are highlighted by an architrave on the second storey, with pediments on the lower storey. The house has a large Roman Doric cornice hood porch with a dentilled pediment, a segmental-headed door, and pilastered side-lights, along with steps leading up to the entrance.
On the second storey of the central bay, there is a Venetian window, with a semi-circular three-light window above it, and a stone corbelled cornice. The parapet includes inset balustrades and pediments in the central bay. Inside, the cellars feature brick barrel vaulting and an old mullioned window with diamond quarries and glass, which is now below street level and likely a remnant of an earlier house. The interior also contains powder closets and doors, as well as a 19th-century elaborate plaster ceiling. The Grey House is part of a significant group that includes Nos 43 to 61 (odd), the Old Grammar School, and the pavement in front of the Old Grammar School.
Local climate
The Grey House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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