Moat House Farmhouse

Moat House Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 17th century and possibly earlier, with extensive restoration, refronting, and additions made in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of regular coursed blue lias rubble with ashlar dressings, topped with steeply pitched renewed tile roofs featuring stone ridges and internal stacks.

The exterior is two storeys high and features a symmetrical five-window range, with a two-window, double-gabled range added to the right in the 20th century. The symmetrical design includes a central section that breaks forward under a coped gable, flanked by projecting gabled end wings, the left of which is coped, and has a plain coped parapet. The Tudor-headed entrance is adorned with a label mould and a 20th-century door. The windows are single-chamfered mullioned types with label moulds and leaded glazing: there are 4-light and 2-light windows on either side of the entrance, and 3-light windows at the ends. The first floor features a central single light and a 2-light window to the right, with a 3-light window to the left of centre. The 20th-century range to the right matches the style, including a French window and 3-light windows.

At the rear, facing the yard, there is a recessed gabled left end with a Tudor-headed entrance that has paired battened doors, along with varied fenestration including a gabled dormer.

Inside, the farmhouse has a full-height hall featuring an arcade or sphere truss, with arcade posts—one of which has a lower part removed—along with 4-way arched braces, a tie-beam, angle struts, and wind braces. A large stone fireplace with a bressumer and hood is possibly located in a former through passage, as the current entrances do not align. The room to the left contains stop-chamfered ovolo-moulded beams with similar joists, and there are varied doors and other rooms with chamfered beams.