Greyfriars, Greyfriars Road, Uddingston

Greyfriars is an early 19th-century classical house located on Greyfriars Road in Uddingston, substantially altered and extended in later periods. The building comprises a principal 2-storey rectangular-plan block with attic storey, arranged in a symmetrical 3-bay composition, flanked by single-storey low pavilions. A chapel with associated courtyard extends to the rear of the site. The house is constructed in droved red sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar dressings. A base course, band course and cornice mark the division between ground and first floors, while an eaves course with dentilled cornice and blocking course runs to the roof edge. Plain margins frame the ground floor windows, contrasting with moulded architraves and bracketed cills to first-floor windows. The attic features splayed dormers flanking a central box dormer. Strip quoins define the corners.

The principal south elevation is symmetrically composed around a central doorway approached by steps. The doorway has a replaced cavetto surround with flanking Doric columns, a plain frieze, cornice and block pediment inscribed "Greyfriars". A replacement 2-leaf timber panelled door with rectangular fanlight occupies the opening. Windows are positioned at each storey within the three bays, with a dormer window above on the attic level. Windows to each pavilion are set back to the outer left and right.

The rear north elevation displays a regular 3-bay arrangement on the main block, with various additions extending from the pavilions and a chapel positioned to the outer right. A stair window sits high in the central bay with a small window below at first-floor level flanking to the left. The flanking bays contain windows at each floor. A piend-roofed addition with window stands to the right, fronted by a porch, with a further advanced porch to the left return at ground level. A tall gablehead stack rises behind the pavilion rear wall. A flat-roofed addition extends to the left, topped by a lean-to canopy, with the chapel—comprising a 2-bay connecting block—positioned to the outer left.

The west side elevation displays a single-storey pavilion with a ground-floor window set to the right. A screen wall at ground level to the right features a window in its left return. Above on the main block, a first-floor window is positioned to the left, with a small window to the right of centre. A wide gablehead stack surmounts this elevation.

The east side elevation comprises a 2-bay single-storey pavilion with a window in each bay, the left bay window having been blinded. A first-floor window to the main block above is set to the left.

The roof is finished in grey slate over the pavilions and chapel; modern covering has been applied to the flat-roofed additions. Stacks are constructed as ashlar-coped gableheads on the east and west walls, with the west stack showing evidence of heavy repair. Pavilions feature ashlar-coped stacks, including a tall stack to the east pavilion. Ashlar coped skews run to the gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods serve the building.

The interior retains decorative cornices incorporating egg and leaf patterns in the principal ground-floor rooms. The hall ceiling features plaster panelling with a consoled archway leading to the stairwell. Dado rails, skirting boards and shutters survive on the ground floor. The staircase is fitted with decorative wrought-iron banisters and a timber handrail.

The chapel to the north of the main house is a gabled rectangular-plan structure with a semicircular apse to its west end. A lean-to addition and small courtyard adjoin it. The walls are constructed in stugged and squared red sandstone rubble with round archways opening to the courtyard. A circular wellhead stands in the courtyard's east end. Fenestration is irregular. Ashlar gablehead blocks define the east and west gable ends, with a crucifix mounted on the east end. Ashlar coped skews run to the gables. The courtyard walls are built in squared rubble sandstone with a curved ashlar cope. The interior was not examined at the time of survey in 1997.

The gatepiers are square-plan structures of stugged sandstone ashlar topped with pyramidal caps. Low sandstone rubble walls with ridged ashlar cope flank the approach.