The Moat House
THE MOAT HOUSE, WATERLOO LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347088
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Moat House
- Statutory Address:
- THE MOAT HOUSE, WATERLOO LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1347088
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Moat House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MOAT HOUSE, WATERLOO LANE
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:
- THE MOAT HOUSE, WATERLOO LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- North Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Holwell
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 16126 32832
Details
HOLWELL WATERLOO LANE TL 13 SE (South side)
2/25 The Moat House - - II
House. Late C15 or early C16 former open hall house as E range, C17 inserted floor, C19 S range, renovated C20. Timber frame on stuccoed brick sill, exposed frame with plastered panels on rear wall of E range, roughcast elsewhere. Steep old red tile roofs. An L-plan 1 1/2-storeys house on a moated site, facing E, with 2-storeys C19 2-storeys gabled crosswing at S end of E front. This has 2 gabled dormers at eaves of hall range, 2 single-light windows below, hooded recessed porch at junction with projecting S crosswing which has a window to each floor and half-octagonal bay on its S side. Flush casement windows. Large internal N gable chimney to E range with 2 diagonal square shafts (rebuilt). Internal chimney with 3 conjoined diagonal shafts to S crosswing. 1 1/2-storeys S range extending to W. Interior has exposed timbers of 2 1.2 bays of hall range, the longer middle bay is the lower bay of the hall, separated by a full height partition wall from S bay which now has entrance and winding stair and may be a wide cross-passage bay. Arch-braced hollow chamfered open truss remains with queen-posts and arched-braces to collar. Centre of tie-beam cut out and used as a decorative feature to right of fireplace on ground floor. Narrow N bay with internal gable chimney represents a shortening of the upper bay of the hall. Clasped-purlin roof structure, wind-braces cut out, jowled posts, central post and curved tension braces in partition wall, floor carried on inserted chamfered axial beam. Chamfered and stopped joists re-used in C20 S crosswing.
Listing NGR: TL1612632832
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163035
- 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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