Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE BELLE VUE ROAD
653-1/4/99 (North West side)
16/02/93 Morfe House

GV II

House, originally a pair. c1860. By Samuel Pountney Smith.
Ashlar faced, brick to rear, with slate mansard roof. French
Baroque style. 2 storeys with attics, 2-window range, designed
to read as a single house. Side entrances in architraves with
entablatures carried on console brackets. Squared bay windows
with casements, and cast-iron balustrading above. Sash windows
above and 2 dormers in roof. Shallow canted bay windows in
rear elevation, and stair windows with stained glass
incorporating medieval fragments.
INTERIOR: simple decorative scheme, with panelled arched
recesses in front rooms, and plaster cornices.
The houses were built as speculations by Pountney Smith, who
acquired the property c1860. They form a pair with Kinnersley
House (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ4957011765

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561290

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)