Moorhen Farmhouse

Moorhen Farmhouse is a house with an attached outbuilding, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building features timber framing, which is now concealed by 20th-century brickwork, along with 19th-century additions in Gault brick and weatherboarding on the attached outbuilding. The layout is an irregular T-plan, with an early range to the south that extends westward, and a single bay, two-storey range added to the north. The lower, three-bay single-storey range to the north includes a single brick-faced service bay for the house and a two-bay outbuilding.

The front (east) elevation has a two-storey section with a gable on the left, featuring plain barge boards and 20th-century glazing bar casement windows in two and three-light configurations. To the right, there is a taller single bay set back at right angles to the gabled range, which has its own roof structure and a gable stack. This section includes stacked three-over-three pane sashes beneath segmental arches. The lower bay to the right has a doorway and a two-light casement window, with each light containing six panes. Further to the right is a two-bay timber-framed and weatherboarded outbuilding with two doorways.

The side (south) elevation shows a stepped range, rendered at the first floor level above the 20th-century Gault brick facing on the timber framing. The lower two-bay part to the left features a canted bay window and a small gabled dormer. The taller part includes a 20th-century half-glazed door and a three-over-three pane sash.

Inside, the early range has exposed roof timbers, including tie beams, purlins, and curved wind braces. The staircase features heavy turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and acorn and composite finials on the newel post, which may have been relocated from a more substantial stair. The later part adjoining the outbuilding has a substantial hearth and hearth beam, which incorporates a side copper. A 19th-century dresser serves as a baffle screen to the doorway. The outbuilding part has exposed roof and wall framing made of thin scantling, with some wattle and daub infill in the enclosed kitchen gable.