Moreton Manor

Heritage listing

Details MORETON MORRELL SP3055 VILLAGE STREET, Moreton Morrell 1901-1/11/151 (West side) 06/02/52 Moreton Manor (Formerly Listed as: MORETON MORRELL The Manor) GV II Formerly known as: Moreton Hall Moreton Morrell. Manor house. c1600, with some C18 work to late C19/C20 wings to east and north. C17 wing of limestone ashlar with flush quoins; gabled Welsh slate roof with ashlar stack; rest of building of brick and timber-frame with brick infill, slate roof and brick stacks. EXTERIOR: C17 south-west wing has moulded plinth, drip course over ground floor and coped gables. West, garden, front: 2 storeys with basement; 2-window range. Drip course carried round external stack to right of centre which has cornice at eaves level. Ovolo-moulded mullioned-and-transomed windows, most with small-paned glazing, one with stained glass and one with plate glass; enriched window catches; 2 small 2-light barred basement windows to plinth; ground floor has 2 cross-mullioned windows to left of stack and 3-light transomed window to right; first floor has two 3-light transomed windows. 3-storey; 2-window range to left is of C18 brick with later alterations; 2-storey flat-roofed early C20 bay window to left of segmental-headed window to each floor and 2 windows to second floor, all with C20 casements; brick cross-axial stack. Coped gable end has central projection. East front adjacent to later wing has 3-light transomed window to each floor. INTERIOR: entrance hall to east wing has re-set C17 panelling; C17 staircase has spindle-turned balusters, probably not original, the landing with C19 balustrade of twisted and stop-chamfered balusters. Ground-floor room of C17 wing has early C17 panelling to half the height of the room; ashlar fireplace with moulded Tudor arch and spandrels has early C17

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.