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Listed Building: THE RECREATION ROOM AND TITHE BARN AND DOVECOTE (1140415)

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Grade II*
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1774, 1, 81
Date assigned 02 September 1952
Date last amended 06 November 1986

Description

'PARISH OF MORLEY CHURCH LANE SK 34 SE 1/81 (North Side) The Recreation Room 2.9.52 (formerly listed as Tithe Barn and Dovecote) GV II* Tithe barn, converted into a house, now used for storage and recreation room. C16. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins. Plain tile roof with one brick stack in the pitch of the roof. Two storeys. North elevation of four bays. Central doorway with moulded round arch, ashlar spandrels and hoodmould. C19 doorway set in, with ashlar jambs and plank door. To the left is a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, a segmental arched cart entrance and a similar 3-light window. To the right is a similar 3-light window, a C19 doorway with stone lintel and a C19 gabled cart shed attached to north. The first floor has four 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows and a C19 doorway with plank door. West elevation has a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window to each floor, the upper one altered and partly blocked. The south elevation has one similar window and two massive buttresses. The interior has a double purlin roof with diagonal queen posts and diagonal braces. Listing NGR: SK3967540956.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1140415?section=official-list-entry.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 39675 40956 (point)
Map sheet SK34SE
Civil Parish MORLEY, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 16 2025 12:08PM

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