Moortown Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Built in the early 18th century, it may incorporate an earlier structure. A two-story addition was built to the rear left in the mid-19th century. An attached 1½-story outhouse, extending to form an L-shape and enclosing a small rear courtyard, was likely built in the 19th century. In the early 20th century, the front was extended by two bays in a matching style.

The farmhouse is constructed of rubble with large granite quoins. The rear is rendered, and much of the building is slate-hung. It has a steeply pitched slate roof with lead rolls to the hips, sprocketed eaves that project slightly over the corners, and a moulded timber eaves cornice. Rendered stacks are present on the right side and at the rear. The plan is double depth, with a central entrance leading to a hall containing a staircase to the rear left. Principal rooms are located to the right and left of the front.

The 19th-century addition to the rear left forms a parallel wing projecting to the left, and the outhouse to the rear right extends to enclose the courtyard. In the early 20th century, two bays were added to the front right. The front has two storeys and five bays to the left of the original house, with two wider, more spaced bays to the right. All windows are 12-pane sashes with segmental heads in exposed boxes. The windows in the two bays to the left retain early 18th-century thick glazing bars. A porch with a hipped roof, round-headed double doors (half-glazed) in a brick surround, and inner six-panelled doors, was probably rebuilt in the early 20th century. To the right of the ground floor there is a square bay with a hipped roof and two 8-pane sashes with sidelights. The slatehanging projects as a string course. The left-hand gable end has 20th-century windows to both the ground and first floors.

The rear wing projecting to the left has a 20th-century French window and a two-light casement at first floor. The rear of the wing has two windows at each floor, all 20th century, and is heated by a gable end stack on the inner rear side. The right-hand gable end has an external stack to the left and two 12-pane sashes. Asbestos slates are present at the hipped end of the roof. The rear of the main range is rendered and includes a door to the left of the rear wing, with a sash with thick glazing bars lighting the stair above. Stonework above this door might be the remains of an early string course. The roof over the two 20th-century bays is hipped to the rear.

The 1½-story outhouse, attached to the left, features a hipped slate roof and an attached single-story addition with a corrugated iron roof. The rear of the outhouse has two doors with timber lintels and a small brick stack to the outer corner. To the left at first floor, the main range has two small 4-pane windows and a small single light. A single-story lean-to sits at the base of the external stack. The interior is not accessible.