Moat House
MOAT HOUSE, MILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1165751
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Moat House
- Statutory Address:
- MOAT HOUSE, MILL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1165751
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Moat House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MOAT HOUSE, MILL ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MOAT HOUSE, MILL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ridgewell
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 73473 40609
Details
TL 7240-7340 RIDGEWELL MILL ROAD 6/6 Moat House
II
House, C18, altered in C19 and C20. Timber framed, partly faced with painted brickwork, partly plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned NE-SW, with central stair and entrance hall, and an external chimmey stack at each end, aspect SE. Rear wing with hipped roof from NE bay, and single-storey extension with slate lean-to roof beyond. Single-storey extension with slate lean-to roof in W angle. 2 storeys and attics. Central glazed door in simple doorcase, and 2 double-hung sash windows of 16 lights, early C19. First floor, 2 similar windows, and one C19/20 double-hung sash window of 12 lights over door. The lower storey of the front elevation is faced with brickwork in Flemish bond, the upper storey with stretcher bond, and the sides are faced with stretcher bond as far as the chimneys, all painted. The staircase is elegantly curved round an open well, from ground to attic, with mahogany handrail, plain stick balusters, and scrolled tread ends. All the internal doors are of 6 panels. Moated site.
Listing NGR: TL7347340609
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 114142
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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