Description

In the entry for

SE 2627SW
10/24

FOUNTAIN STREET
MORLEY LS27
(South side)
No 15 b
(Abbey House Veterinary Clinic and 4 Dogs Grooming Centre)

The address shall be amended to:
FOUNTAIN STREET
(South side)
No 15 a and b
(Abbey House Veterinary Clinic and 4 Dogs Grooming Centre)

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SE2627SW
10/24

FOUNTAIN STREET
MORLEY LS27
(south side)
No 15 b
(Abbey House Veterinary Clinic and 4 Dogs Grooming Centre)

GV
II

Morley Temperance Hall, now veterinary clinic, dog parlour and flats. Dated 1895.
Dressed stone with ashlar dressings, rock-faced to sides and rear. Welsh blue-slate
roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical facade, the central 3 bays breaking forward
with angle pilasters becoming fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals.
Semicircular-arched doorway with moulded surround and keystone has hoodmould
terminating in diminutive columns with carved spandrels. Four ground-floor
windows with chamfered lintels each over a recessed panel. Band of recessed
panels above. 1st floor: sill band. Central 3 bays occupied by large Venetian
window with arched lintels with keystones. Open pedimented gable with keyed
oculus in apex surmounted by urn finial. Outer bays have panels in eared and
shouldered architraves, and bracketed dentil cornices with finials and large
brackets. Rear has coped gable with ridge stack. Left-hand return has 7 bays.
1st bay has doorway with consoles and triangular pediment. Ground-floor windows
square-headed with ashlar impost band. 1st-floor windows arched with ashlar
impost and sill bands. Moulded gutter brackets. Right-hand return has 7 bays
of similar windows lacking impost and sill bands but with lateral stack set
between 3rd and 4th bays.

Listing NGR: SE2644827464

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428500

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)