Moorcroft is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. Old people's home, special school.

Moorcroft

WRENN ID
guardian-latch-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hillingdon
Constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP: Danny Beales (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Old people's home, special school
Address
Moorcroft, Harlington Road
OS grid reference
TQ 076 816
Coordinates
51.52322, -0.44933
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moorcroft is a large, rambling mansion now serving as an old people's home and special school. The original part of the house is a three-storey, seven-bay building from the early 18th century, constructed of brick that has been painted. It features brick bands at the first and second floors, along with a stone frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The upper floor may have been added later. The building has sash windows with glazing bars set in box frames, with those on the first and second floors positioned under shallow segmental brick arches. There is a modern central door flanked by half-columns, although the entablature is missing.

To the west, there is a three-storey, four-bay wing from the early to mid-19th century, also made of painted brick and topped with a hipped slate roof. This wing has sash windows with glazing bars and segmental brick arches. Additional large extensions on the west front consist of five sections at different planes, totaling twelve windows. The second and fourth sections have parapets, with the fourth section being only two storeys high. A Doric porch is located in the second section. There is a similar wing on the east side of the original block, and to the southeast, a two-storey Victorian wing covered in stucco has six irregular bays and a hipped slate roof.

Moorcroft, along with the wall to the south, the house to the northeast, the stable and coachhouse to the north, and Vine Cottage, forms a cohesive group.

Local climate

Moorcroft sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  1. Stable and Coachhouse Building to North of Moorcroft Grade II 36 m
  2. Wall to South of Moorcroft Grade II 44 m
  3. House to North East of Moorcroft Grade II 56 m
  4. Vine Cottage Grade II 80 m
  5. Walls to South and West of Little London Nursery Grade II 145 m
  6. Large Barn to East of Hubbards Farmhouse Grade II 229 m
  7. Outbuilding at Hubbards Farm Grade II 254 m
  8. Walls to West and South of Hubbard's Farm Garden Grade II 264 m
  9. 1, Moorcroft Lane Grade II 388 m
  10. Moorcroft Farmhouse Grade II 394 m