House in Wiltshire, England
| 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 / 51.0539; -1.7714 |
| 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 | |
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.
History
The property on Church Lane was owned by the Jervoise family from 1542; the present 17th-century house is surrounded by a moat. The wide Georgian Gothic front was added in 1766, and the south (garden) range in c.1830–1840. It is now divided into two houses.
It is possible that the large square moat is an 18th-century remodelling of an earlier one. Another addition in the 1760s was a pigeon house or dovecote in the garden, its ogee-headed windows matching those added to the house.
References
- ^ 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.