Moccas Court

Moccas Court is a country house constructed between 1775 and 1781 by Anthony Keck for Sir George Armyand Cornewall, with an addition made in 1792. The building is primarily brick with ashlar dressings and a stone tile roof. It is arranged on a rectangular plan, aligned north-west/south-east. The layout features a central entrance hall leading to an elliptical stair hall, behind which is a circular drawing room. To the north are a music room and library, while to the south is a dining room, now sub-divided.

The north-west front, the main entrance front, is three storeys high with a basement, featuring a plain parapet with a dentilled stone cornice and a central pediment. It has a symmetrical arrangement of three, one, and three windows, with glazing bar sashes under segmental heads. The central window is Venetian, with Ionic pilasters flanking it, and sits under a semi-circular brick head. The ground floor windows are notably larger. A single-storey, semi-circular porch, added in 1792, provides the entrance, having a balustrade to its parapet. The porch's entrance is framed by a moulded ashlar architrave, an overlight, and a panelled door. The second floor features six-pane sashes. The north-east rear front has a three-storey basement with a central segmental bow. It presents a facade of one, three, and one windows with glazing bar sashes as well. The two side elevations each contain five windows.

Inside, steps ascend from the porch to the principal floor. The entrance hall has a dentilled frieze. A door at the far end is flanked by pilasters and features a fanlight above. This leads to a single stone staircase, cantilevered out from the wall, rising to the first floor. The dome above the staircase has a central light surrounded by plasterwork decorations attributed to Robert Adam. The music room to the north of the hall contains a gilded frieze depicting musical instruments, mirrored in the marble chimney piece. The library retains two bookcases, although five were removed in 1972, and features an elaborate frieze and a chimney piece made of scagliola. The circular drawing room displays decoration based on a Robert Adam scheme dated 1781, including plasterwork ceilings, friezes, and a chimney piece with honeysuckle sprigs. Wall panels are covered with Parisian wallpaper purchased in 1798. The house is situated within landscaped grounds designed according to a plan by Capability Brown.