Moore Farmhouse

Moore Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating back to the 1680s, and it may have been remodelled from an earlier building, with 19th and 20th century alterations. It is constructed of coursed dressed stone with a slate roof, gabled at the ends, and has three rear lateral stacks with brick shafts. The original design was a single-depth, three-room wide layout, with a centrally placed entrance leading into a stair hall, two principal rooms to the right, and likely a kitchen to the left. The asymmetry of the plan, combined with fashionable late 17th-century detailing, suggests a remodelling of an earlier house. In the 19th century, the house was divided into two dwellings, and a second stair was added between the two right-hand rooms. A blocked doorway on the front facade marks the position of this stair, which projects into the centre room. The original stair has been remodelled on the ground floor in a later alteration, changing the plan to a lobby entrance with a cross passage that provides access to the left-hand room. The front facade is asymmetrical with a four-window arrangement and regular window placement. A 20th-century brick porch is located to the left of centre, and a blocked doorway is situated between the two right-hand windows. Late 17th-century two-light timber mullioned windows with high transoms and stone voussoirs are present, with 20th-century small-pane casement glazing. The right return has one attic window and one first-floor window of a similar design; a 20th-century two-leaf glazed door with glazing bars is on the ground floor of the right return. The ground-floor room to the right contains a fine decorated plaster ceiling from the late 17th century, featuring geometrical design mouldings and corner sprays of leaves and cherries built up on wire or leather. A late 20th-century repair exists in one corner. The fireplace has a plain timber lintel and semi-circular hearth back, although the original chimney piece is missing. The centre room had a similarly shaped hearth back but has been remodelled and the original chimney piece is no longer present. A fine late 17th-century dog-leg stair has turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and ball finials to the first floor and attic. The staircase features a similar stair gallery balustrade. The ground-floor to first-floor flight has been remodelled, and the original balustrade no longer exists. A good late 17th-century doorframe survives on the first-floor landing, leading off the stair, with a keyblock motif in moulding on the lintel and jambs and a two-panel door.