Moor Hall

Moor Hall is a manor house dating from the late 17th century, constructed primarily of galleted flint with brick dressings and a plain tile and pantile roof. The house has two storeys and attics, with a two-story lean-to added to the rear in the 19th century. The facade consists of six irregular bays, featuring a central brick porch. The ground floor windows are mostly 19th-century casements, originally set within paired openings and framed by gauged brick arches, with a moulded brick string course above. A 19th-century casement with a moulded frame and transom was inserted to the left, while the first floor has oak casements with transoms, some retaining original wrought iron lights with glass quarrys. Brick niches with semi-circular heads and heraldry are at each end of the facade. The late 17th-century brick porch is two storeys high, with a first-floor casement window, a wrought iron light with glass quarrys, flanked by brick pilasters. A 19th-century door is set beneath a gauged brick arch. Fragments of a moulded brick string course remain at first-floor level. The porch has timber modillion eaves, a flat roof, and the main roof continues beyond. Two windows are blocked behind the porch, at first-floor level. The south wall has 19th-century casements with segmental brick arches, while a stepped gable has moulded brick kneelers and a string course at attic floor level, punctuated by three niches displaying heraldry. The north stepped gable features an external polygonal chimney with a rebuilt top and brick corbel heads. A mediaeval stone window with two lights and a hood mould has been inserted at ground-floor level. The rear elevation has casement windows, with some possibly re-used original wrought iron lights. An axial brick stack is off-centre. The interior features open brick fireplaces with splayed recesses and plain timber bressumers. Fine 17th-century boarded doors, a moulded door frame with elaborate stops in the hall, and a winding oak and brick staircase lead to the attic. Visible are 17th-century roll-moulded principal beams above the inserted 19th-century Jacobean-style staircase. The roof structure is an opposed butt purlin design. Architectural details include an octagonal paments in the hall, a ribbed timber ceiling in the dining room, pine panelling in a living room annex, and some 17th-century balustrading on the landing.