Boyle Hall (Flats 1-5)

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SE 22 SE, SE 285247, 4/75,

MORLEY, HAIGH MOOR ROAD (east side), Boyle Hall, Flats 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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House, now five flats. Dated 1799 with addition dated 1888. Hammer-dressed stone, ashlar quoins, stone slate roof. Three storeys. 3-bay symmetrical facade. Doorway with shouldered architrave, entablature and dentil cornice. All windows have raised plain stone surrounds getting progressively smaller on each floor. Set between lst- and 2nd-floor window of central bay is oval plaque inscribed: " John & Hannah Boyle Built this House in 1799 " Moulded gutter brackets. Hipped roof with lateral stacks. Rear (extension): tall 3-bay entrance facade with taller central bay which breaks forward with doorway in carved surround with entablature and cornice and stair window above with cornice. Circular attic window with keystone. Coped gable with stack to apex. Right-hand return of 3 bays originally. First 2 bays have windows in flush surrounds with projecting sills. 1st bay windows blocked. 3rd bay partly rebuilt c1888 has tall stair window with impost blocks and keystone and doorway set under with tie-stone jambs. 1888 addition attached to rear of 1799 house breaks forward and has 2 bays under separate hipped roofs. 1st bay of addition has large tripartite sash window with consoles and cornice decorated with roundel. Triple window over has arched lights with keystones. 2nd bay has window with architrave and carved cornice to each floor. Gutter brackets. Stack set between bays. Left-hand return: 3 bays of extension have sash windows with architrave; a single-light and 2-light window to each floor; 3rd bay has 2 windows with architraves and, set between, a large corbel supporting oriel window with canted single lights to 1st-floor over which is gable which rises higher than eaves and has plaque bearing date 1888 surmounted by spiked finial.

Interior: original entrance hall has panelled plaster ceiling with standard modillioned cornice. Other richly plastered ceilings late C19.

Listing NGR: SE2850124727