Greylands Including Gate Piers On Street Frontage

Greylands, including gate piers on the street frontage, is a house, now a school, dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. The left side and rear were remodelled in the mid-19th century. The building has solid rendered walls and a hipped slated roof, with two chimneys featuring bracketed caps on the front range. It appears to be of two different builds and comprises Nos. 48 and 48A, with No. 48A likely originally a separate house.

No. 48 is a three-storey building with a two-window front, the windows set well to the right. It has sash windows with concealed frames; the ground floor windows have 8 over 8 panes, the second floor windows 6 over 6 panes, and the third floor windows have 3 over 6 panes. A shallow bracketed eaves-cornice runs along the top of the front elevation. No. 48A is a two-storey building with an irregular three-window front. It has a plank door positioned off-centre to the right, alongside two small wood casements on the ground floor and one in the upper storey; two sash windows are positioned to the rear of the upper storey, with each sash having two panes. The front is finished with a raised band and a parapet.

To the left of No. 48 are a pair of rendered, panelled gate piers topped with stone ball finials. A short section of wall to the right of the piers contains a four-panelled door with flush lower panels. A glazed door with margin panes containing coloured glass is located in the side wall of No. 48; it has panelled reveals and a cornicework supported by consoles. Windows in the upper storey are round-headed, with enriched archivolts, three having 2-paned sashes and one a 2-light wood casement.

The rear elevation, facing the garden, features upper storey windows with bracketed sills, and in the second storey, cornices on consoles. A deep bracketed eaves-cornice runs along the top. A two-storey section of No. 48A projects slightly, with an 8-paned sash window on the ground floor and a French window on the upper floor, featuring a patterned transom light and a cornice on consoles. A balcony with remnants of mid-19th century patterned iron railing is positioned in front of the French window.

The interior, although not inspected, has a mid-19th century entrance hall with plasterwork, including an enriched domed ceiling. A geometrical staircase features thin square balusters, with a voluted balustrade at the foot, and a skylight.