Moat House

MOAT LANE, BISCOT 1. 5123 Moat House TL 02 SE 6/1 10.9.54 II

1. Origins as late C14 manor house within moat; reroofed and altered c 1500 and subsequently, extensively modernised 1968-69. Stone, rendered apart from east gable end which is a mixture of clunch, brick and flint; thatched roof, though tiled before modernisation. Surviving building of rectangular plan, modern outbuilding to rear. Front elevation (south) has 5 first floor casements; ground floor left to right, sash, modern gabled porch with front door, C19 thatched bay window with sashes, modern door. Side elevation (east) has brick in gable apex; full length single buttress at each corner; one square headed deeply recessed window at left hand, another originally similar now blocked. Interior now arranged entirely as two storeys, with substantial floor framing, and inserted modern chimney placed centrally. Eight bay roof structure divided by 4 large trusses, c 1500 in date. Small gap between 4 bays to west and 4 to east. All 8 have arches to collars and windbraces, 2 purlins and moulded wall plate. Western half has moulded purlins and battlemented ties above arched collars. Eastern half similar structure but undecorated. Extensively renovated. Ground floor plaque formerly in cellar records size of hailstones in 1666.

Listing NGR: TL0780624022