Moat House was demolished in 1785, but the brick gate piers to the drive remain. Brick cellars on the suggested house site were visible in the 1930s. A map of c.1600 seems to represent this house, and shows it as containing four ranges with gables, chimneys and an extension to the east. A 'moat gate' is indicated and there is a drive to the Littlebourne Road. It is suggested that this building dates approximately from the time when Moyle Finch resided at Moat with his new wife Elizabeth Heneage in 1572.