Morville is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 19 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The oldest listed building is a church that retains some surviving Norman features. Also listed are two country houses, together with associated structures. Otherwise the listed buildings include houses, cottages, farmhouses, farm buildings, a mill, and a signpost, the earliest of which are timber framed.
The oldest parts of the church are the nave and the chancel, the aisles were added in the late 12th century, the tower came later, the chancel was remodelled in the early 16th century, the clerestory was added in 1856, and the east window dates from 1880. The church is built in sandstone, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a long chancel, and a west tower. The tower has clasping buttresses and an embattledparapet. The remaining Norman items include the main doorway, the priest's door, two windows in the south aisle, and the chancel arch.[2][3]
A pair of stone houses that have a tile roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and three bays. On the right is a massive chimney breast, and the windows are casements.[4]
A pair of houses that were refashioned in the 19th century, they are partly timber framed and partly in brick, and have a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, two gables, each containing a dated cartouche, and the windows are mullionedcasements.[5]
The house, which was later altered, is partly timber framed and partly in brick, and has a tiled roof. There are two storeys and three bays, and the windows are casements.[7]
The cottage is timber framed with brick infill and a tile roof. There is one story and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a main range and a gabled cross-wing to the right. The windows are casements, and there are two gabled dormers.[9]
The farmhouse is timber framed and was refronted in brick in the early 19th century. It has a tile roof, there are two storeys, and the windows are casements. There is exposed timber framing at the rear.[10]
The farmhouse was extended in the 18th century. The original part is timber framed, the extension is in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and the roofs are tiled. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan.[11]
The outbuildings to the north of the farmhouse are partly timber framed and partly in brick, on a stone plinth. There are two ranges at right angles, forming an L-shaped plan. The north range has one storey and the west range has two.[12]
A country house in Classical style, it was altered in the 19th century. It is built in grey sandstone with a parapet on the south and east fronts, gables and modillioncornices on the north and west fronts, and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, and a south front of eleven bays, the middle three bays projecting slightly under a raised parapet. The central doorway has Ionic columns, an entablature, and a triangular pediment with lions rampant on the slopes. The windows are of plate glass, those in the middle three bays having round heads and keystones, and the window above the doorway has an architrave.[13][14]
The barn is to the east of the farmhouse. It is partly timber framed and partly in brick, on a stone plinth, and has a tile roof. The barn has an L-shaped plan, and contains numerous ventilation holes.[15]
A country house in Elizabethan style designed by William Baker, it was remodelled in the early 18th century. It is built in grey stone with a low parapet and a cornice, and slate roofs. The house has three storeys and a U-shaped plan, with a central block of four bays, and projecting wings of two bays. The central doorway has a pedimented porch with free-standing Doric columns, polygonal jambs, and quatrefoils in the soffits. There are polygonal stair turrets in the angles, and the windows are sashes. The house is flanked by quadrant walls that have rusticatedpilaster strips with ball finials linking to pavilions. These have two storeys, four bays, parapets with ball finials, and domed octagonal turrets with wrought iron finials.[18][19]
The stable block, designed by William Baker in Georgian style, has been converted for residential purposes. It is in red brick with stone dressings, a hipped roof. two storeys and seven bays, the middle bay wider and pedimented. In the middle bay is an arch with Tuscanpilasters containing the doorway, and outside the arch are oculi. In the centre of the roof is a cupola.[20][21]
The signpost at a road junction, is in red sandstone, and has a square plan. It has a chamfered shaft, a square head, and a pointed cap. In the head are rectangular recesses for the sign boards, which are now lost.[22]
Only the façade and the front part of the chapel have survived. It is in stone, the front is pedimented, and it contains four Ionicpilasters and a frieze with paterae. There are two casement windows, each with a semicircular recess containing the carving of a winged figure. Steps lead up to the doorway.[23]
A farmhouse that has been restored, it is timber framed with a tile roof. There are two storeys, the windows are three-light mullionedcasements, and there is a later gabled porch.[24]
The gate piers flank the entrance to the drive. They are in ashlar stone and have ball finials. The walls are in rubble stone, they extend from the entrance towards the west, and also flank the west side of the drive.[25]
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