Tour East Hamptons Legendary Grey Gardens Residence
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1/12Photographs by Jason PenneyThe sunroom’s crosshatched windows overlook an expansive patio, the pool, and the legendary gardens. The 14-room house now includes a dorm-style room on the third floor for young children in the family.Photographs by Jason PenneyThe sunroom’s crosshatched windows overlook an expansive patio, the pool, and the legendary gardens. The 14-room house now includes a dorm-style room on the third floor for young children in the family.
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2/12Photographs by Jason PenneyVoracious readers, Quinn and Bradlee spend many hours in both the book-lined living room. Many of the books and most of the wicker furniture were left in the house by Little Edie.Photographs by Jason PenneyVoracious readers, Quinn and Bradlee spend many hours in both the book-lined living room. Many of the books and most of the wicker furniture were left in the house by Little Edie.
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3/12Photographs by Jason PenneyThe restored entry foyer retains most of its original paneling; Quinn darkened the floors and stripped and refinished the newel posts to match.Photographs by Jason PenneyThe restored entry foyer retains most of its original paneling; Quinn darkened the floors and stripped and refinished the newel posts to match.
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4/12Photographs by Jason PenneyThe sunroom is an addition that was not part of the house’s original 1897 design.Photographs by Jason PenneyThe sunroom is an addition that was not part of the house’s original 1897 design.
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5/12Photographs by Jason PenneyA poster from the 1975 Maysles brothers documentary hangs outside a room that Bradlee uses as a study.Photographs by Jason PenneyA poster from the 1975 Maysles brothers documentary hangs outside a room that Bradlee uses as a study.
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6/12Photographs by Jason PenneyThe second-floor landing features a Cowtan & Tout striped wallpaper and a poster from the 2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens, which hangs above a trunk once owned by Phelan Beale Jr., Little Edie’s brother.Photographs by Jason PenneyThe second-floor landing features a Cowtan & Tout striped wallpaper and a poster from the 2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens, which hangs above a trunk once owned by Phelan Beale Jr., Little Edie’s brother.
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7/12Photographs by Jason PenneyLittle Edie was living in the yellow bedroom when she sold the house in 1979. “It had a mattress on the floor, a hanging lightbulb, and a small chest with a hot plate on it,” says Quinn.Photographs by Jason PenneyLittle Edie was living in the yellow bedroom when she sold the house in 1979. “It had a mattress on the floor, a hanging lightbulb, and a small chest with a hot plate on it,” says Quinn.
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8/12Photographs by Jason PenneyThe vine-covered gray-stucco walls give the house and its gardens its name, and is now maintained by Quinn and Amagansett-based garden designer Victoria Fensterer.Photographs by Jason PenneyThe vine-covered gray-stucco walls give the house and its gardens its name, and is now maintained by Quinn and Amagansett-based garden designer Victoria Fensterer.
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9/12Photographs by Jason PenneyA pair of Adirondack chairs sit on the front porch. Quinn, a native of Savannah, painted the ceiling blue, a Southern convention that’s said to ward off everything from wasps to evil spirits.Photographs by Jason PenneyA pair of Adirondack chairs sit on the front porch. Quinn, a native of Savannah, painted the ceiling blue, a Southern convention that’s said to ward off everything from wasps to evil spirits.
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10/12Photographs by Jason PenneyEven Spot Beale has his own piece of the property.
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11/12Photographs by Jason PenneyA child’s cottage is roofed in traditional English thatch.
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12/12Photographs by Jason PenneyAn outbuilding is swathed in sweet autumn clematis.
This article appears in the June 2012 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).
