Moor House Farmhouse And Wall Adjoining To South West

SD 85 SW PAYTHORNE

SD 819 512

1/113 Moor House Farmhouse and wall adjoining to south-west (formerly listed as Moor House including Garden Wall) 16-11-1954 - II

House, late C18th. Squared rubble with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-pile plan with gabled chimneys. A symmetrical composition of 2 storeys and 3 bays, with projecting quoins. The windows to the outer bays are tripartite with plain stone surrounds and square mullions. The outer lights of each window are fixed with glazing bars. The inner lights are sashed with glazing bars on the ground floor and sashed on the 1st floor. The central 1st floor window is blank with imitation glazing bars. The central doorway has a solid stone porch with moulded pediment. At the rear 2 outer bays have 2-light windows with plain stone surround and square mullions. Between them is a stair window with plain stone surround and semi-circular head with keystone. To its right is a chamfered doorway with triangular head, probably C17th and re-used. It is now covered by a glazed porch. Adjoining to the west is an orchard wall of watershot limestone with sandstone dressings. It has a flat coping, a door at the east with plain stone surround, and, on the south side, 4 shallow recesses. Each has a semi-circular arch with keystone and tooled voussoirs.

Listing NGR: SD8192251216