Moor Farm House And Barn Attached

Moor Farm House and attached barn are a fascinating blend of medieval and later architectural styles. The house likely began as a timber-framed open hall dating to the 14th or 15th century, with substantial alterations made in the late 16th or early 17th century when a floor was inserted and a stack was added. Further changes occurred in the late 18th century, including raising the roof and adding a first floor.

The house’s external appearance is now dominated by red brick walls in a Flemish bond pattern, set upon a sandstone plinth. The steeply pitched roof, which was raised in the late 18th century, is covered with interlocking tiles on the front slope and plain tiles at the rear. A prominent central stack rises from the ridge, constructed of coursed and squared sandstone with diagonally set shafts of red brick, dating to the early 17th century. Later brick stacks are positioned at the east end, one with two flues.

The house’s plan reveals a single bay from the original open hall, though the full extent of the medieval building is not visible. The current layout comprises three units arranged with a cross-passage behind the stack. An early 18th-century service room was added to the east end. The main range has two storeys, with segmental arches framing three 19th-century, 3-light casement windows on the first floor. The ground floor features a doorway leading to the cross-passage, with a later, half-glazed door. A short parlour extension from the late 18th or early 19th century sits at the front, constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a plain-tiled roof and a recessed 12-pane sash window on both the first and ground floors. A single-bay kitchen wing, dating to the early 18th century, is located at the east end and has a timber-framed gable wall and an end stack with two flues. A 20th-century eaves dormer has been added. The kitchen wing has a single storey and an attic. Details include flat arches of rubbed brickwork with raised sandstone keyblocks to a 20th-century casement and a doorway in a pegged wood frame, with a 19th-century bead and quirk boarded door.

Inside, remnants of the original 14th or 15th-century cruck trusses are visible, with the blades resting on what appears to be a sandstone rubble plinth and featuring a spur to the wall plate. The original timber-framed walls were largely replaced during later construction. The open hall now has a stop-chamfered quartered ceiling and an inglenook hearth built of coursed and squared sandstone. Much of the original framing was removed during the 17th and 18th-century alterations and the roof raise.

An early 17th- and late 18th-century barn adjoins the house on the north-east. The barn is timber-framed with red brick, and has a plain-tiled roof with three bays and a wagon opening on the front. Some of the original roof trusses remain within the barn.