Easton Grey House

Easton Grey House is a country house dating back to approximately 1792, with additions from around 1880 and the early 20th century. It is constructed of ashlar with hipped stone slate roofs and tall stone stacks arranged in pairs, connected by arches. The architectural style is austere classical. The east front shows an 18th-century block to the left, an approximately 1880 block to the right, and further 20th-century additions to the north courtyard.

The south front is two stories high and has five bays. It features eighteen-pane sashes on the ground floor and twelve-pane sashes above, set in deep reveals without architraves. A slightly projecting central bay has shallow pilasters, blind round-headed niches flanking the first-floor window, and an elongated pediment displaying the Parry-Hodges coat of arms. Additional features include end pilasters, a first-floor platband, a coved cornice, and a blocking course. The east front includes a semi-circular portico supported by Roman Doric columns, and the Smith coat of arms.

The approximately 1880 block is three stories high, with cambered heads over twelve-pane sashes. The west front has a central canted bay and an attached service range, now a restaurant, at the northwest corner, which includes a Doric colonnade.

The interior contains a series of fine reception rooms, recently redecorated. The Entrance Hall has stone flags and a late 18th-century marble fireplace with Ionic columns and a carved animal tableau, possibly imported from Carclew, Cornwall. An elegant cantilever staircase has stone treads, a wreathed mahogany handrail, and floral wrought iron balusters, with a panelled dado. An Ante-Room on the south front displays 18th-century Chinese wallpaper. The Blue Drawing Room on the south front has a fine marble and blue john fireplace, while the panelled Dining Room also on the south front, has another marble fireplace.

The house was originally built by the Parry-Hodges family and gained social prominence in the 1880s when, under the ownership of Thomas Graham Smith and his wife Katherine, it became a favored country retreat for a group known as 'The Souls'. The house retains original stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.