Moat Cottages

Moat Cottages is a pair of cottages, likely built in the mid to late 18th century, with mainly 19th-century windows and a 20th-century extension to the north. The exterior features a timber frame clad in tarred weatherboarding on a brick plinth, which includes some earlier brickwork on the south side. The cottages have a handmade clay tiled roof and feature both an original chimney stack at the center and a later brick chimney stack at the north end.

The buildings are two storeys high with irregular window arrangements, primarily consisting of 19th-century wooden casements, although two early iron-framed casements remain. The west front displays two original plank doors set within wooden architraves. Cottage No. 6 has an addition that matches the original materials and includes a catslide roof to the east, while No. 5 has a 20th-century weatherboarded extension with a corrugated roof to the north.

Inside, the cottages have a substantial main frame, with the central bay featuring jowled posts and partitions made of thinner scantling with diagonal braces. Some rafters are exposed in the roof, and there is a spine beam, exposed floor joists, and old floorboards. Cottage No. 5 retains an original staircase with an attached door next to the front door, and the first-floor rooms include at least two 19th-century cast iron firegrates.

Historically, these cottages are believed to have served as homes for farmworkers, possibly associated with a former farmhouse to the south known as "The Moat."