The Grey House

The Grey House is a house that was formerly two houses, built in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of brick, partly roughcast and colourwashed, and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a first floor band, chamfered eaves, a single ridge, and three side wall stacks. It is two to three storeys high and has an irregular L-plan with five bays on one side and three on the other.

The main west front displays two facades. On the left side, there is a central rebated timber doorcase with scroll brackets supporting a hood, leading to a panelled door with an overlight. This is flanked by two glazing bar sashes with segmental heads, and above are five similar sashes. There is also an adjoining dwarf brick boundary wall with cambered ashlar coping and cast iron railings, which include two terminal piers and two gate piers made of ashlar with moulded pyramidal caps.

The right facade features a central glazing bar sash, flanked by two canted two-storey bay windows that have dentillated cornices and flat lead roofs, each containing three glazing bar sashes. Above this, there is a central glazing bar sash with a shouldered architrave and scrolled brackets supporting a pediment, flanked by three additional glazing bar sashes. Above again, there are three more glazing bar sashes with shouldered architraves.

On the south front, there is a two-storey rear wing to the right, and an off-centre Doric porch with antae and a plain cornice. The porch has a panelled door with a traceried fanlight. To the left, there are two round-headed casements, and to the right, two French windows with overlights. Above, to the right, are three glazing bar sashes with segmental heads. The rear of the house features two two-storey wings and a 20th-century billiard room, all with hipped slate roofs.

Inside, the house was refurnished around 1975 but retains an 18th-century staircase with a wreathed handrail, turned newels, and stick balusters, along with a similar secondary staircase with a winder. There are also four 18th-century panelled doors.