Morley Hall And Former Stables Attached On South

The building is a house, dating to the 17th century, with 18th and 20th-century alterations and remodelling in a Palladian style by Raymond Erith for the Buxton family in 1956. There is also a former stable block attached to the south. The main block has stucco cladding with stone dressings and a hipped slate roof. Adjoining on the south is a gabled and jettied two-storey timber-framed block with a tiled roof. Further south is a red brick stable block with a weatherboarded upper floor and a steep hipped slate roof. A two-storey, two-window ballroom wing with a parapet was added to the west end of the north wing in the 1930s.

The north front is relatively plain, with two storeys and five windows. It features a chamfered stone plinth, stucco lined to resemble ashlar of varied course heights, a heavy modillioned cornice, recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes (the upper windows being smaller), and studded 6-panel double doors within a giant stone surround incorporating a full entablature, upward converging jambs, and carved scrolled trusses. The eastern part of the north range replaced a Victorian house and conservatory. The south side of the north block is deliberately designed to appear as if a 17th-century block had been built against the centre of a two-storey, pedimented villa, with flanking two-storey towers having heavy modillioned cornices.

Inside, the entrance hall has two large Tuscan columns at the west end, screening the staircase. The inner hall is circular, with a wide circular gallery and a coved upper ceiling and square lantern. The interior features fine proportions and delicate plasterwork, particularly in the dining room.