The Lady In Grey

The Lady in Grey is a house that has been partly converted into a restaurant. It dates from the late 18th century and has some 20th-century additions. The building is constructed of red brick with painted stone dressings and features a plain stone band at the first floor level. It has a hipped slate roof with rendered stacks at the rear and a moulded cornice at the eaves.

The house is two storeys tall and has three bays, with the central bay being slightly advanced and topped with a pediment. This central bay includes a two-storey blind semi-circular headed recess that has a stone impost band and a moulded arch. The ground floor of the central bay is covered by a 20th-century flat-roofed rendered addition, which has brick quoins and a glazing bar sash window at the front, along with a Sun Alliance fire insurance plaque above it.

Behind this addition is the original semi-circular headed doorcase, which features rusticated jambs, a 20th-century glazed door, and a traceried iron fanlight set beneath an open pediment supported by moulded consoles. On either side of the doorcase, there are glazing bar sash windows beneath rusticated wedge lintels with double keystones. Above these, there are two additional glazing bar sashes in moulded surrounds. At the very top, the central bay features a shallow moulded pediment with a small circular window.

Attached to the north side of the house is the original stable block, which is now part of the restaurant. This stable block is rendered and has a hipped concrete tile roof from the 20th century, along with various 20th-century windows, but it is noted as being of no special interest.