Humphrey Pakington was a keen gardener himself, and the herb-garden in the south-east angle of the moat has recently been restored and replanted . The moat attracts many water-fowl to the island, on the west side of which is the Georgian chapel, built by the Throckmortons in 1743 and now restored with 18th century altar, rails and organ.
On the west side of the cobbled courtyard a gap in the brick and sandstone wall leads into the South Garden. On the far side of a round lawn are the Elizabethan malt-house and the Georgian chapel. Halfway along the wall to the right, another gap leads into the North Garden, an expanse of turf fringed with trees and 
narrowing to a point at the northernmost tip of the island. There is a path all round the edge of the moat, beginning at the south bridge outside the brew-house and continuing behind the malt-house and the Georgian chapel to the wash-house and damson tree in the North Garden. On the west side the moat broadens out into a small lake with waterfowl and good coarse fishing.
The moat was originally the second of a chain of five pools constructed in the 13th century in a fashion common in the forests of Arden and Feckenham. Apart from the moat itself the topmost (Gallows Pool) and the third (Upper Pond) still hold water. The fourth and fifth (Middle Pond and Harvington Pond) are now only marshy depressions along the brook which flows down to the village and so into the Stour. A few yards north-west of the moat is the sandstone quarry used in the construction of the Hall. In the 18th century it was known as the Dog Kennel, and holes for the rafters of lean-to buildings show that shelters of some kind formerly existed there.
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Malt House Visitor Centre
The Malt House, which is of sandstone below and brick and timber above, still has its 18th-century malting-kiln, part of the malting-floor, lime-ash areas and the wooden hoist for raising sacks of barley. The Hall has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant to restore the Malt House and create a visitor and education centre there.
The new centre is now open and displays include a desciption of life on the estate that once surrounded the Hall. The old kiln and drying floor are brought to life and a new audio-visual display introduces the 'Maltster', Randall Bagnall, whose tales bring the Hall alive for everyone, but in particular, for those who have difficulty with the stairs and cant see the whole house for themselves.
On the first floor of the Malt House amusing interactve games tell the story of the Hall's 700year history.
The Malt House Architects have won the RICS Award, West Midlands, for Conservation and Restoration.
Architects Adrian Mathias and Matt Faber from Brownhill, Hayward, Brown and Ian Bird from contractors Linford Bridgeman