Description

SE2628 SW LS27 DAWSON HILL
MORLEY
7/20
Morley Hall
14.5.73
GV II

House. Dated 1683 but mainly with early C19 fenestration and with later
C19 alterations and additions to rear. Large well-coursed dressed stone,
Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storeys. Appears originally to have been of
3-room plan with hall-and-crosswing and gable-entry doorway dated 1683.
1st cell has added full height canted bay with band and embattled parapet
and 15-pane sash with plain-stone surround to each face and floor. Central
cell has semicircular-arched stairwindow with voussoirs and raised keystone
to left of doorway in shallow porch with monolithic jambs and lintel and
cyma-moulded cornice and sash window above. Right wing breaks forward slightly
and has quoins and canted bay-window with small-paned sash to each face, cornice
and blocking course. 2 sash windows above. Coped gable with kneelers and one
ball finial. Coped gable to left. Lateral stack (brick) to rear of 1st cell,
ashlar ridge-stack at junction with wing. Large lateral stack to right-hand
return of wing. Left-hand return has C17 doorway with composite jambs dated
lintel and cyma-moulded surround to left of single sash to 1st cell with same
above. To left of door long added range at right angles to front range has
2 projecting full height rectangular bays with mullioned windows and embattled
parapet. Coped gables, one ridge stack to this range.

Attached to front is plaque inscribed:

" Built in 1683 by Thomas Dawson whose
Grand-Daughter married Lord Loughborough
(Lord Chancellor of England)
The residence of Oliver and Alice Scatcherd
from 1884-1906. "

Formerly the home of Sir William Overend Priestley (1829-1900) the distinguished
physician.

Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE2622528114

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428498

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)