The Half Moon Public House

The Half Moon Public House is a building that was originally a house, dating from the mid-17th century. The west front and part of the south end were cased in brick during the mid-18th century, and the building underwent alterations in the early 19th century, coinciding with the opening of the canal in 1815. There were also rear extensions added around 1976.

The structure is timber-framed, with exposed framing and red brick infill on the north end. The front and south end are cased in 18th-century red brick, featuring random blue bricks and lighter red brick quoins and window jambs. The ground floor windows have segmental arches with alternate blue headers. The rear extensions are whitewashed brick, and there is a red brick outshut added in the 19th century. The building has steep old red tile roofs, including a catslide extension at the rear and a gabled bathroom dormer located behind the chimney.

This two-storey house has a three-cell internal chimney plan and faces west. It features a large chimney located one-third from the south end, with two flues serving the central room on each floor. The former lobby entry by the chimney has been relocated to the north end of the middle room. The west front has three windows, with a narrow plastered recess above the position of a former doorway by the chimney. The building has a chamfered plinth and the wallplate of the timber-framed front is exposed. It includes flush three-light casement windows, and two ground floor windows on the left have been replaced by 19th-century canted small bays flanking a half-glazed door, all connected by a flat hood. The south gable triangle is plastered, while the north gable is framed and features clasped purlins on the collar and queen-struts.

Inside, the north wall has exposed framing, with heavy flat joists in the narrow north bay, many of which are re-used timbers. There is a heavy wide axial beam and a large internal rear-wall chimney with a timber lintel in the south bay. The wider middle bay contains two parallel axial beams with squared joists and a large open fireplace at the south end, featuring a timber chamfered lintel and bench-ends for seating. Additionally, there is a small 19th-century external chimney for the fireplace in the north bay.