Morton House

Morton House is a large house dating to 1709, representing a rebuilding of an earlier structure, with substantial alterations and a reduction in height by one storey in the mid-19th century. The front facade is constructed of ashlar, while the rear and side elevations are brick with a roof of Welsh slate, featuring stone gable copings. The house is two storeys high and comprises seven bays, with the central and outer bays projecting slightly. The windows are mostly sash windows with architraves, except for a double sash window on the ground floor left. The central entrance features a five-panelled door surmounted by an oblong fanlight, all set within a bolection-moulded doorcase. This doorcase is decorated with carved heads and flower chains suspended from brackets and topped with a broken segmental pediment, incorporating a cherub’s head within a rinceau frieze and the Belasyse family arms flanked by the date "1709" and scrolls. There are cill bands and an eaves cornice. The roof has a low, coped parapet and five corniced ashlar chimneys on the front elevation. The Belasyse family held ownership of the manor and grange of Morton between 1525 and 1678.