Low Moor House

Low Moor House is a circa 1750 house that was substantially enlarged in 1791 and again in the mid-19th century. It occupies a corner site with a large garden, returning to Netherlands Avenue. The original three-storey house is lower than the main block and was adapted as a service wing to the new residence built in 1791. The original section is built of irregular sandstone “bricks” with small windows in squared surrounds, some featuring small-paned casements. It has a stone slate roof with bracketed eaves.

The 1791 enlargement is a two-storey rectangular block built of dressed sandstone “brick,” with an ashlar plinth, plat band, and moulded cornice with a blocking course. It has a hipped stone slate roof with corniced chimneys. Five windows are set in raised ashlar surrounds. A single-storey entrance bay is located to the left, featuring an architrave-framed doorway with a moulded cornice. A similar two-window return of 1791 block extends to the eastern, set-back service wing. The Netherlands Avenue elevation has a two-bay return with small-paned sash windows to the refaced older wing, alongside a doorway with an architrave surround and projecting cornice.

A mid-19th century two-storey east wing features sill bands and a modillion bracket cornice. It has four windows in ashlar surrounds and a slate roof with tall corniced chimneys. The 1791 enlargement was constructed for one of the Directors of the Low Moor Ironworks.