Moor Farmhouse

REDDITCH B MOORS LANE (east side) SP 0061 - 0161 Feckenham

9/133 Moor Farmhouse (formerly listed as Manor Farmhouse 10.4.54 No 1)

• II

Shown on OS Map as Manor Farmhouse. Farmhouse. c1500 with mid-C19 alterations and additions. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, brick replacement walling, refacing and additions; plain tiled roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan; hall of two framed bays aligned north/south; large chimney with C19 blue brick capping and cogged detail inserted into through-passageway at south end; lower end cross-wing of two framed bays originally entered from passageway. Two storeys and attic. Framing: single row of close-set studding on each floor; upper end of hall has jettied first floor on large brackets; ground floor framing of cross-wing replaced by brick; collar and tie-beam trusses with close-set struts except for front truss of cross-wing which has two collars, three struts to lower collar (outer ones are raking) and central single strut to upper collar. West front elevation: main part has a 3-light casement and also a 2-light and a single-light casement adjacent to each other beneath a plank weathering on the ground floor; two 2-light casements on the first floor; cross-wing gable end has a 3-light casement and a small square window on the ground floor, a 3-light first floor casement and a small attic light. Main entrance now in south side of cross-wing has a half-glazed door with plank weathering. Interior: main ceiling beams are stop-chamfered. The hall part was originally open to the roof, and at the upper- end is a small ground floor parlour with a jettied first floor chamber. C19 and C20 single- storey additions at rear (BoE, p 151).

Listing NGR: SP0105261218