Description

TL 2308 HATFIELD Old Hatfield FORE STREET 15/106 (south side)

- No 3 (Morton House)

GV II

Early-mid C18, (formerly known as Nos 3 and 3A). Improved for Mr F W Speaight by A Winter Rose C1911. Timber frame construc- tion, rear range possibly earlier. Red brick front of 7 flush sash windows with thick glazing bars in moulded frames, 3 on slightly recessed right hand portion. Parapet and 4 box dormers. 2 storeys and attics. Gauged brick windows lintels. 2 stuccoed floor bands. Left hand portion has good central doorcase, probably replacement: added reveals and lushly carved scrolled brackets carrying flat hood. Adam style fanlight. Flush panel door. Right hand portion has tall door surround with half glazed door, probably C1911. Basement windows with C18 wrought iron grills. Interior has large staircase hall on left ground floor, the staircase probably taken from elsewhere. Exposed timber frame to walls. Front right room with bolection-moulded fireplace surround and an overmantel with a segmental pediment carried on winged cupids (Mervyn Macartney, Recent English Domestic Architecture, Vol 5 (C1913)).

Listing NGR: TL2345008540

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)