Moor End Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Built in the early 17th century, with later 19th-century alterations and additions. Constructed with a timber frame, painted brick and rendered infill between timber members, on a base of lias limestone rubble, and featuring plain tiled roofs. The layout consists of a hall and a cross-wing; the hall part is three framed bays running east to west, with a central fireplace bay forming a lobby-entry plan, featuring a group of two 17th-century diagonal stacks, and a 19th-century stack. A two-bay cross-wing is positioned at the east gable end. The building is partially single-storey and attic with dormers, and partially two storeys and attic. The timber framing has three panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with long, straight braces in the lower corners of the cross-wing. The west gable end of the hall part contains a collar and tie-beam truss with two struts to the collar and a V-strut in the apex. The cross-wing incorporates collar and tie-beam trusses; the northern truss has three struts to the lower collar and two to the upper collar, with a concave V-strut in the apex. The southern truss possesses three struts to both the lower and upper collar and a similar concave V-strut in the apex. On the north front, the hall part has a pair of 2-light casements and a 3-light casement on the ground floor, all with plank weatherings. Two gabled dormers house 2-light casements. A central 6-panelled door is covered by a flat, moulded canopy supported by wrought iron brackets. The cross-wing has plank weatherings at floor levels, a 3-light ground-floor casement with a cambered head, a 2-light first-floor casement, and an attic light. An attic light is also present at the west gable end. The interior remains unexamined but is likely to contain features of interest. 19th-century additions are located at the rear of the property.