Moat Farmhouse

Moat Farmhouse is a house located within a rectangular moat, dating from the early 15th century, with extensions from the early 16th century, alterations in the late 16th century, and restoration in 1880. The building features a timber frame with red brick infill, much of which dates from the 19th century, and has clay tile roofs. Originally, it consisted of an open hall constructed with cruck beams and a cross-passage at the eastern end. Early 16th-century cross-wings were added to both ends, with the southwest wing serving as the 'solar' end. The hall was ceiled over in the late 16th century and the building is two storeys throughout.

On the front elevation, the cross-wings are jettied at the first floor level. There are timber mullioned windows, four on the ground floor and five on the first floor, all dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. The central block has 19th-century doorways at both ends, with the right-hand one located where the original cross-passage was. The left-hand doorway is sheltered by a 19th-century gabled timber and brick porch. The left gable features a substantial external chimney stack made of dressed clunch, topped with rebuilt red brick diagonal shafts. The central block has a ridge stack that was inserted in the late 16th century but rebuilt in the 19th century, while the right cross-wing has a 19th-century chimney stack with diagonal shafts.

On the rear elevation, the cross-wings project further than they do on the front. A blocked pointed arched doorway is visible at the left-hand end of the hall. Inside, there is a variety of moulded timbers from the 15th and 16th centuries, including three reset doorheads with blind cusped tracery. The carved stone fireplaces in the southwest cross-wing likely date from the 19th-century restoration.