Moat Cottage Facing Onto Water Lane

Moat Cottage, along with former commercial properties at numbers 28, 28A, and 30, comprises a house with a complex history dating back to the 17th century or earlier. The original core is a southeastern block, to which three later 17th-century gabled extensions were added in a row to the west, creating a uniform appearance. Around 1700, the southeastern block was brick-faced on its east and south sides. A northeastern extension with an 18th-century gambrel roof was added, and now forms part of Moat Cottage; a lower extension to the northwest was built in the 19th century for number 30. A mid-20th century extension to the northeast is not of historical significance.

The building has a timber frame with roughcast rendering, dark weatherboarding to Moat Cottage, and tile hanging to the gables on the west front. The brick casing on the southeast block is also noteworthy. The roofs are tiled, with a hipped roof at the southeast and a gambrel roof on the older section of Moat Cottage.

The east front is symmetrical, with three windows and a central door. It features recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes set within tall openings with segmental heads. The front door has a rectangular fanlight. A gabled dormer is visible on the gambrel roof of the weatherboarded section projecting northwards.

The west front, featuring three gables, has a low black stucco plinth, a smooth plaster apron and roughcast walls. Each part contains one window on each floor. The windows are 3:2:3-light flush casements. The shops at numbers 28A and 30 have half-glazed doors. The shop to the south, with a south-side entrance, has exposed beams and an 18th-century ceiling cornice.