Description

TM 09 NE MORLEY

9/64 Morley Old Hall

2.10.51 I

House. Circa 1600. Brick in English bond with plaintiled roofs. U plan. 2 storeys
with 2 storeys of attics. 4 bays of brick ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed
windows considerably renewed with ogee-moulded pediments above. 2 fine dormers with
crow-stepped gables, 3-light mullioned and transomed windows with pediments and single
oculi above, also with pediments. Moulded brick cornice and crow-stepped main gables.
Large external stack to rear with 2 polygonal shafts. External stack to south side
with garderobe projection adjoined and 2 polygonal shafts. Original 6-ramp stair
with solid hardwood treads. Interesting roof structure with principal rafters
connected to the tie beams by elbowed wall-posts because attic floor is well beneath
level of wall-plate, Moated site (E. Mercer, English Vernacular Houses, 1975,
p,19o, pl 65).

Listing NGR: TM0558398388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Morley Old Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6912544

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)