Moortown House

House. Built in the mid-18th century, it was altered and extended in the 19th century and again in the 20th. The original part is brick, laid in a header bond with blue headers, and has an old plain tile roof. The house is two storeys and an attic, originally with five bays, to which a two-bay, similarly-height wing was added around 1800. A single-storey, two-bay ballroom projects in front of this wing, and to the rear is a wide, two-storey, three-bay 19th-century extension built in two phases.

The garden front has a central 18th-century doorcase with plain pilasters supporting a Doric entablature with triglyphs and a pediment. The door surround is underpanelled and contains a 20th-century glazed door. Above the door is a round-headed 12-pane sash window in a Gibbs surround. The 19th-century central bay on each side has a 16-pane sash window and narrow 8-pane sash windows on the angles. Above, there are two 18th-century 12-pane sash windows under rubbed arches with raised, fluted keystones. The building features rusticated quoins and end stacks, with a pair on each end, topped with a flat roof.

The projecting two-bay wing to the right has similar 1st-floor sash windows. The ballroom in front of the wing has a similar sash window in the first bay and a canted bay in the second, both behind a low parapet, and features matching quoins. There is also a brought-in 18th-century mahogany concave door on the opposite side of the ballroom.

Inside the main block, behind the front door is an 18th-century hall with dado panelling and a staircase featuring a moulded handrail and turned balusters. Six-panel doors lead into the rooms, and rounded arches with moulded springing are found on both floors. The dining room to the right has full-height panelling on the wall facing the hall and dado-level panelling elsewhere.