Morocco House

Morocco House is a house that served as a cottage hospital from 1887 to 1894. It was likely built around 1820 to 1830, although it has an older core. The structure is made of plastered stone rubble, possibly with brick dressings, and features right end stacks with rendered brick chimney shafts and old pots, topped by a slate roof.

The building has three storeys and a two-window front. The plaster is lightly textured to resemble ashlar. It has original segmental arch-headed sash windows with margin glazing bars. The first-floor windows are taller and open onto a full-width ornamental cast-iron balcony, which is decorated with cross bars and ornate crosses.

To the left, there is a doorway with a segmental arch head and an unusual 19th-century timber doorcase, featuring a design with diagonal grooves and an oval medallion, flanked by bat-wing carvings beneath a flat hood. The reveals and segmental-headed door are adorned with a studded pattern, and the door includes top lights. The deep eaves are supported by shaped timber brackets, which have a timber frieze carved to resemble drapery threaded through the brackets. The hipped roof has a front segmental dormer that contains another sash window with margin glazing.

The interior has not been inspected, but the owner has reported 19th-century joinery and other features.