Moat Farmhouse

Moat Farmhouse is a house, originally a farmhouse, dating to the 16th century, with additions from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is timber framed, rendered and colourwashed, with brick and wattle and daub infill, and has a plain tile roof. The house is two storeys with an attic, and has an L-shaped plan. The rear wing dates to the mid 16th century, with a later addition from the late 16th or early 17th century that now forms the range fronting the road.

The road front has three bays and features 19th-century windows. A 19th-century porch sits centrally, with a plank door of 18th-century origin which was brought from elsewhere. The ground floor has a casement window and a three-light window. The first floor has a window with three lights. On the left-hand flank of this wing, the ground and first floors have four-light 16th-century windows with diamond-section mullions. To the left of this are 20th-century copies of these windows, with five lights and glazing panels set in front of the mullions. To the left of this wing is an outshut, a gabled portion with a stable door, a two-light window, and a three-light casement, all of 20th-century date. A three-light casement window, also of 20th-century date, is located on the first floor.

The 16th-century section of the interior has close studding to the walls. There is one chamfered ceiling beam at ground floor level, along with rafters and several planted beams, which were brought from elsewhere. One ground floor room in the newer section of the house features a massive ceiling beam with triple roll moulding underneath, hollow chamfers to the sides, and further roll mouldings to the corners with brattishing above. A similarly modelled fire bressumer is found in another ground floor room, which has been lowered in the wall in recent times. Jowled wall posts on the first floor support chamfered ceiling beams with stepped stops and run-out stops. Close studding with angle braces strengthens the walls. A winder staircase leads to the attic, which exhibits wind bracing.