Moat Farmhouse

House. Dating from the late 14th century, with alterations and additions in the 16th and later centuries. The house is timber framed and plastered with a red tiled roof. Two red brick chimney stacks, likely dating from the late 15th century, are present. The building follows a half H-plan design with gabled crosswings, and includes a gablet to the right. It has two storeys and a 1:2:1 window arrangement of 3-light casements with transoms, including a red tiled bay on the ground floor to the left. A red plain tiled trellis porch shelters a 19th-century 2-panel door with 4 lights.

The west wing comprises four bays and features jowled storey posts and cambered tie beams. Two free-standing 4-armed crown posts support a collar purlin. Three original door heads remain on the ground floor, two with deep segmental heads, and one two-centred-arch head with a moulded label, shafted jambs with moulded capitals and bellbases. A 16th-century staircase includes a square handrail and balusters. Within the modern lean-to rear porch is a cut-down door, likely original.

The east wing, featuring three bays, was probably originally jettied to the front and contains an inserted red brick chimney stack. Surviving elements of the original roof include one crown post, the collar purlin, and part of the gable frame. The central hall’s roof is likely a 16th-century reconstruction, incorporating original sooted timbers with splayed and bridled scarf and halved and bladed scarf joints. A large inserted brick chimney and an early 16th-century inserted first-floor ceiling are also present. Two-storey main posts seem to be fully framed with the floor. Later internal details include several 16th-century doors and a fine 17th-century cupboard. The site is moated.