Morfe House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1993. House.

Morfe House

WRENN ID: moated-vestry-umber
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 February 1993
Type: House
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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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