The Grey House

The Grey House is a house located on Barn Street in Lavenham, dating from the mid to late 18th century, with remodels and extensions made in the mid 19th century. It features a painted brick exterior and a hipped slated roof, standing two stories tall with a symmetrical three-bay facade. The facade includes inset sash windows with 16 panes, and a narrower 12-paned sash window above the doorway, all with stone slab lintels. The doorway is framed by a cased architrave and has a three-light overlight, topped with a flat hood supported by shaped brackets. There are three curved steps leading up to the doorway, which is flanked by wrought iron handrails. Each hip end of the house has a square red brick chimney stack.

To the left of the main structure is a later 19th-century conservatory featuring a swept leaded roof. Inside, there are notable mid to late 18th-century features, including an open well stair with Chinese latticework balustrading, doorways with broad architraves (though the over doors are from the 20th century), and two-panel doors with H-L hinges. The ground floor includes a fireplace with an eared surround, while the plaster cornices in two ground floor rooms and the stairwell are from the 20th century. A chamfered axial beam with a run-out stop, likely reused, can be found in the rear right-hand room.