Grafton House

Grafton House is a former large town house, now used as offices, dating from the first quarter of the 18th century. It is constructed of brick with stucco dressings, and the roof material is not visible. The building is a double-depth house featuring centre-left stairs and a rear service wing, with lateral stacks. It stands three storeys tall and has an almost symmetrical five-window front range with end pilasters, a parapet, and a fine moulded wooden dentil cornice.

All windows are fitted with four-pane horned sashes in revealed frames, topped by rubbed brick flat arches with shaped keyblocks. Between the upper floors, there is an interrupted moulded brick cornice, with the central section also featuring a keyblock. The ground floor is rusticated with stucco throughout, displaying pilasters at either end and a slightly off-centre doorway flanked by windows. The door has pierced panels and a rectangular overlight, while the windows have modern fixed barred glazing. A moulded stucco cornice runs between the ground and first floors, extending across to the left where there is a single-storey annexe with a side door and shop window with glazing bars, and to the right where there is an entrance that originally led to a side entry now occupied by offices. Above each side section of the cornice is a shaped gabled parapet.

The left return features windows that are either blocked or fitted with hornless sashes, while the right return has plat bands and a shallow external stack. The rear of the building includes some sash windows. Inside, there is a dog-leg stair with turned balusters and square-section newels with caps and pendants. The ground floor has some visible wainscotting with large raised and fielded panels, although more may be obscured. An internal round-headed arch with a keyblock leads to the hall, and there are some panelled doors with H-hinges and internal shutters. The top floor features a framed ceiling with chamfered beams that have scroll stops.