Moat House Farmhouse

MOAT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1320989
Date first listed:
16-Mar-1984
List Entry Name:
Moat House Farmhouse
Statutory Address:
MOAT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1320989
Date first listed:
16-Mar-1984
List Entry Name:
Moat House Farmhouse
Statutory Address 1:
MOAT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

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.

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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
MOAT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Wraxall and Failand
National Grid Reference:
ST 48687 73148

Details

ST 47 SE WRAXALL

3/209 Moat House Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, probably c.1640's, remodelled mid - late c19. Rendered; tiled roof; brick stacks. 2 storeys, attics and basement to rear. 3 bays: C20 3-light casement windows; 4-light casement on west gable end with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds. Central plank door; gabled projecting porch with arched doorway and fretted bargeboard. Rear stair tower. Sundial re-set on south- east corner with a 1640's date inscribed. Rear wing: rubble with a double Roman tiled roof; 2 storeys; 2-light casement windows under segmental heads, the north gable end has a 3-light casement with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, and under a relieving arch; the west elevation has a large projecting stack with off-sets. Interior. Newel stair; the door on the first floor is studded and has strap hinges with open scroll ends. Rear wing: chamfered lintel to fireplace and chamfered beams. The present building probably occupies a much older site and is partly surrounded by a moat.

Listing NGR: ST4868773148

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
33600
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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