Moor House Farm Comprising Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings and Farmbuilding Forming Courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1987. A Early-mid C19 Farmhouse.

Moor House Farm Comprising Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings and Farmbuilding Forming Courtyard

WRENN ID
bitter-corbel-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Moor House Farm Comprising Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings and Farmbuilding Forming Courtyard, Low Lane, Hutton-Sessay
OS grid reference
SE 457 762
Coordinates
54.1799, -1.30044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moor House Farm comprises a farmhouse and attached outbuildings, forming an unusual and complete courtyard plan dating mostly from the early to mid-19th century, with several phases of construction. The buildings are primarily of mottled brownish brick in an irregular English garden wall bond, with pantile roofs.

The farmhouse is the principal element, a two-storey, two-bay structure situated on the south side of the courtyard. A two-bay wing extends to the rear left, and a small single-storey wash-kitchen forms the west side. To the north lies a cowhouse and stable range of varying builds, while a range of loose boxes occupies the east side. A high brick wall (approximately 2 metres) with a wide gateway runs along the south side of the yard, connecting to the house and forming the south wall of an attached privy block.

The main entrance to the farmhouse is a four-panel door within a timber frame, surmounted by a flat brick arch. To the right of the door are two 12-pane side-sliding sash windows on each floor, also within segmental brick arches. Stepped eaves and end stacks are present. The west side of the farmhouse wing features a four-panel door and a three-light, 24-pane sash window, both under segmental brick arches. An inserted board taking-in door replaces a window on the first floor.

The wash-kitchen has a boarded door and a central stack. The north side features a cowhouse with a loft above, with a slatted opening in the west gable and a blocked doorway and small window in the east gable. To the east of the cowhouse is a lower stable range, containing a throughway, stable doors, and a part-slatted window. The east range of loose boxes has board stable doors.

Inside the courtyard, a quadrant wall curves from the privy towards the house and then runs northwards, separating access to the wash-kitchen and rear of the house from the rest of the farmyard.

Internally, the farmhouse has panelled doors, fitted cupboards, and original iron grates in plain fireplaces on the first floor. The wash-kitchen has a quarry tile floor and a boiler in one corner. The cow byre and stable range feature cobbled floors and stalls. The privy contains a two-seater privy with wooden seats on stone slabs. The farm buildings were in a state of disrepair at the time of the survey. The farm represents a rare survival and an unusually complete farmyard group of its period.

Local climate

Moor House Farm Comprising Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings and Farmbuilding Forming Courtyard receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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