Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SJ90SW MOSELEY ROAD 895-1/2/84 (South side) 16/07/49 Moseley Hall

GV II*

House. Early C18 with late C19 addition. Brick with ashlar dressings and hipped tile roof; addition has slate roof; brick stacks. Early Georgian style. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 5-window range; later 2-window gabled range to left. Main range has modillioned cornice; quoins; windows have rubbed brick flat arches with keystones over 12-pane horned sashes; 3 hipped dormers with 6-pane sashes. Central entrance has architrave with keystone, plaster surround, frieze and consoled cornice; overlight with decorative glazing bars and 6-fielded-panel door; 2 large stacks. Addition has coped shaped gable; pilaster strips with ball finials; similar windows to main range, but 1st floor has 4-pane sashes; short screen to left has sashed window. 3-bay right return of main range similar. Rear similar, but C19 bay with C20 parapet and French window; addition has architraved French window and sashes; single-storey projection to right has modillioned cornice and quoins; 3 blind windows and window to inner return. INTERIOR: stair with pulvinated close string, column-on-vase balusters, square newels, ramped handrail and bolection-moulded dado panelling; room to left has C17 panelling with fluted frieze and cornice, cupboard with H hinges and door with H-L hinges; rear room with early C18 bolection-moulded panelling with dado rail, round-headed niche, Neoclassical fireplace, cornice round beams; room with parquetry floor, Neoclassical fireplace and cornice; end room with stop-chamfered beam; 1st floor has some 2-fielded-panel doors, architraved fireplaces; attic stair as other; C17 fitted cupboard. A good example of an early C18 house, one of several in the borough, with fine interior features.

Listing NGR: SJ9305103977

External Links

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