Moathouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. Farmhouse.
Moathouse
- WRENN ID
- dusted-threshold-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Moathouse, Horsley Lane, Beeston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 534 583
- Coordinates
- 53.12063, -2.6967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moathouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located on Horsley Lane in Beeston. It features a timber-framed structure with whitewashed brick infill and a plain tile roof, standing two storeys tall. The entrance front includes a 19th-century gabled bay on the left, which has a stone lower storey and timber framing above, along with simulated timber framing. To the right, there are six by two cells of small framing, most of which has been renewed in the 21st century. The ground floor has two three-light and one two-light casement windows, while the first floor features one two-light and one three-light gabled dormer, all dating from the 19th or 20th century.
The left gable end has a stone plinth supporting close studding with angle braces, and close studding continues to the gable. Both floors have 19th-century casements with lattice glazing. Inside, there is a fluted and chamfered ceiling beam in the parlour, along with some 17th-century panelling. A door with beaded framing and fluted cornices leads to the panelling, which appears to have been rearranged and likely brought from another location. The right-hand portion of the entrance front was renewed following a fire around 1910.
Local climate
Moathouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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