Moat House, a Grade II listed building in Britford, Wiltshire, England, is a 17th-century building with 18th and 19th century remodelling, surrounded by a moat. It is now divided into two houses.
| Moat House | |
|---|---|
 Moat House, Britford, 2009 | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Britford, Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°03′14″N 1°46′17″W / 51.0539°N 1.7714°W |
| Built | 17th century |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Moat House, 1 and 2, Church Lane |
| Designated | 23 March 1960 |
| Reference no. | 1023794 |
  Location of Moat House in Wiltshire | |
History
editThe property on Church Lane was owned by the Jervoise family from 1542; the present 17th-century house is surrounded by a moat.[1] The wide Georgian Gothic front was added in 1766, and the south (garden) range in c.1830–1840.[2] It is now divided into two houses.[1]
It is possible that the large square moat is an 18th-century remodelling of an earlier one.[1] Another addition in the 1760s was a pigeon house or dovecote in the garden, its ogee-headed windows matching those added to the house.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Historic England. "Moat House (1023794)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2021). Wiltshire. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-300-25120-3. OCLC 1201298091.
- ^ Historic England. "Pigeon House in garden of Pigeon House Cottage (1023797)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 February 2022.