Moat House

Moat House, located on Pound Lane, is a house dating from the 17th century but was completely reconstructed in the late 20th century. It is built from cut and squared Ham stone, with some coursed rubble and ashlar dressings, and features a plain clay tile roof with stepped coped gables and stone chimney stacks. The house has a T-plan layout and consists of two storeys with three bays, where the central bay projects and is the earlier part of the structure. This projection includes an angled owner buttress on the southeast side and a garderobe projection under a lean-to roof on the northeast corner. The windows are hollow chamfered, featuring three near semi-circular arched lights with incised spandrels, and there are no labels on these windows. On the south return wall, there is a single light window below and a two-light window above, both with hollow chamfer moulding but flat heads for the lights; the lower window has a label that is likely from the 20th century. Above the upper window, there is a corbelled chimney stack with offsets at the top, which includes a plaque reading: "Robert Sills 1659". The remainder of the building is not of special interest, and the interior has not been seen. Moat House is believed to be one of the remnants of a medieval manor that was set in a moat, with the main building located on the site of the churchyard to the east. Robert Wills purchased lands from the manor in Martock in 1633.