Grigshot House

Grigshot House is a large former mill owner's house, now serving as a house and flats. It was built in the mid-18th century, with a 19th-century addition and 20th-century internal alterations. The building features ashlar limestone on the front, with coursed rubble on the sides and rear, and has ashlar and brick chimneys. The roofs are made of stone slate and concrete plain tiles.

The house is three storeys tall, with an attic and cellar, and has a three-storey rear addition. The front elevation showcases three gables and five windows, all fitted with 8-pane sash windows that have keyed beaded architraves and bull-nosed sills. There are small leaded attic casements with plain beaded architraves. The central doorway, which has moulded architraves and a keystone, features 20th-century glazed doors. A large Regency ironwork porch with a tent roof enhances the entrance. The cellar has mullioned casements, and there is an angled screen wall to the left that connects to Grigshot Lodge.

At the north end, the building has a gable with small single-light windows and an ashlar gable-mounted chimney with a moulded cap. The south end has two gables, each with a rebuilt brick chimney on ashlar bases, and off-centre sash window fenestration to the left gable, all with keyed beaded architraves. A 20th-century single-storey flat-roofed addition is not of special interest.

The rear of the house features three gables on the main range, with a parallel three-storey range to the left built into the bank. This section has three-window fenestration, with 12-pane sashes on the middle floor and 6-pane sashes above. There is a 20th-century altered addition to the right.

Inside, the hall has been altered in the 20th century with the removal of the open well staircase. One well-preserved panelled room remains intact, featuring doorways with eared architraves and 8-panel egg and dart enriched doors. The fireplace includes a fretwork frieze with a central pedimented panel, and there is a modillion ceiling cornice. All mouldings display egg and dart and bead and reel enrichment.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Grigshot House was the residence of the owner of Woodchester Mill. Obadiah Paul famously entertained King George III for breakfast here in 1788, likely in the elaborately panelled room. The house is part of a group with Grigshot Lodge and Grigshot Cottages.