Moffats Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1966. A C15 House.
Moffats Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- solemn-hearth-bramble
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moffats Farmhouse is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating back to the earlier 15th century with an open hall that was floored over in the 16th or 17th century. It features a right gabled cross wing from the 15th or 16th century and a left gabled cross wing along with a rear staircase tower from the earlier 17th century. The building was renovated in the mid-1960s. The walls are plastered, with a flint and red brick plinth. The steep plain tile roof has a broad 17th-century red brick chimney stack located at the left center.
The house has a one-window center bay that includes a ground floor and a boxed attic. The two-storey right wing has three-light restored casements, while the left wing features upper floors that are jettied on thin joists with exposed studwork in narrow scantling. There is a small square two-light attic window with an ovolo mullion and a three-light first floor window with replacement mullions. A gabled porch is made of reused red brick.
The rear stair turret is positioned at right angles to the 17th-century wing, with its gable end showcasing a three-light ovolo-mullioned window, and its rear wall has two similar two-light windows on both the ground and first floors. The upper right window retains two diamond mullions, and the ground floor windows include small stained glass panels that may date back to the 17th century. The staircase remains intact. Inside the 17th-century wing, there is a moulded four-centre arch fireplace on the ground floor and a simpler one on the first floor. The house is said to be associated with the nursery rhyme "Little Miss Muffett."
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