Moor House

CLUNBURY C.P. TWITCHEN SO 37 NE 8/99 Moor House - GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with rendered and painted brick infill on rubblestone and brick plinth, partly replaced in brick to front on ground floor where painted black and white in imitation; concrete tile roof. L-plan comprising hall range of 2 framed bays with flush 2-bay cross-wing projecting to rear. One storey and attic to hall range, 2 storeys to cross-wing. Framing: square and rectangular panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate, with short straight braces to rear gable of cross-wing. Collar and tie beam end trusses, rear gable with upper and lower collars and V-struts from upper collar, front gable with intersecting bracing; V-struts from collar to gable end of hall range but tie beam removed. Late C20 casement- fenestration, one on each floor to front gable of cross-wing and 2 to ground floor of hall range, which also has 2 contemporary gabled eaves dormers on each side. Late C20 neo-Georgian door to far right of hall range. Massive external lateral stepped brick stack to right wall of cross-wing has top rebuilt in late C20 red brick. Integral lateral rubblestone stack to back wall of hall range formerly had projecting bread oven, recently removed at time of resurvey (September 1986). Small C19 casement with contemporary shutter in panel of framing to left. Interior: timber frame exposed on both ground and first floors, including square panels to cross wall of cross-wing. Chamfered ceiling beams to ground floor. Large partly infilled inglenook fireplace to cross-wing. Collar and tie beam trusses visible on first floor, centre truss of cross-wing with V- struts from collar. Full-length C20 brick and timber lean-to in angle to rear is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SO3692778989