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Latitude: 52.7012 / 52°42'4"N
Longitude: -2.7477 / 2°44'51"W
OS Eastings: 349570
OS Northings: 311765
OS Grid: SJ495117
Mapcode National: GBR BJ.2XY2
Mapcode Global: WH8BT.RCRJ
Plus Code: 9C4VP722+FW
Entry Name: Morfe House
Listing Date: 16 February 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1271334
English Heritage Legacy ID: 455207
ID on this website: 101271334
Location: Coleham, Shropshire, SY3
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Shrewsbury
Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Shrewsbury Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
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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
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