The Moat

The Moat is an early 19th-century farmhouse built with Flemish bond brickwork and a slate roof. It features a symmetrical front that faces south towards the garden, slightly off-center to the right. The building is five windows wide and two rooms deep, with three storeys and a two-storey rear wing.

At the front, there is a brick plinth and an entrance accessed by two stone steps. The door has a glazed top half and fielded panels on the bottom, topped by a semi-circular fanlight. The entrance is framed by panelled reveals and fluted pilasters that support an open pediment. On either side of the entrance are two 8-pane sash windows with flush boxes, and above them, rendered lintels shaped like flat rubbed-brick arches.

The first floor has five similar windows, while the second floor features shallower windows with sashes that have only two panes each, with brick-on-edge above. The eaves are dentilated, and the roof is hipped and single-span. The building has plain, tall chimneys that project from the end walls, with one on the left and two on the right.

At the rear, there is a tall stair window, a sash with a semi-circular head and intersecting glazing bars. The ground floor windows have panelled shutters, and some internal doors are six-panelled. There is also some linen fold panelling in the left rear room on the ground floor. The Moat was rebuilt following a fire in 1802, and the glazing-bar pattern on the garden front has remained unchanged since 1910.