The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEAD CORN MOAT ROAD TQ 8344 (North side)
10/85 The Moat (Formerly listed as float Farm House) 26.4.68 II
Farmhouse, now house. Early to mid C16, restored 1960's. Timber framed. Ground floor red brick in stretcher bond, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan. Probably 4 timber-framed bays including smoke, now stack, bay. 2 storeys, formerly with continuous jetty, returned to left. Hipped roof, with gablet to right. Brick ridge stack off-centre to left and truncated projecting brick stack to right gable end. Irregular fenestration of three 3 light casements. Tripartite sashes to ground floor. Panelled door with 2 top lights up 3 steps beneath stack. Open gabled timber porch. C18 or early C19 rear wing to left, ground floor red brick, first floor weatherboarded. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Moulded beams and joists. Said to have crown post roof. Formerly a moated site.
Listing NGR: TQ8298044404

The building is shown on OS drawings of 1789 and 1799. The tithe map of 1843 shows the moat encircling the site with a causeway in the northeast corner facing east. Small enclosures or structures are shown to the north and the east of the house. The first edition OS map shows the structure to the immediate east of the house and a further small building to the north of this. A small structure is shown to the north of the main building, this particular building was demolished in 2009. By the time of the second edition OS map the eastern buildings had been joined to form a range, though maintaining a distinction between themselves and one between the main building. This situation was maintained through to 1961, possibly 1967 though it is perhaps not visible on aerial photos of 1972. It is not known what function this range of buildings served.

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.