Moat House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Farmhouse.

Moat House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stranded-chancel-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Moat House Farmhouse, Wraxall and Failand
OS grid reference
ST 486 731
Coordinates
51.45497, -2.73989
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moat House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid 17th century, likely around the 1640s, and was remodelled in the mid to late 19th century. The building is rendered with a tiled roof and features brick stacks. It has two storeys, attics, and a basement at the rear. The structure consists of three bays with 20th-century three-light casement windows, and a four-light casement window on the west gable end that has ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds. A central plank door is set beneath a gabled projecting porch with an arched doorway and a fretted bargeboard. There is a rear stair tower and a sundial with a 1640s date inscribed, which has been re-set on the south-east corner.

The rear wing is constructed of rubble with a double Roman tiled roof and has two storeys. It features two-light casement windows with segmental heads, while the north gable end has a three-light casement window with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, situated under a relieving arch. The west elevation includes a large projecting stack with offsets. Inside, there is a newel stair, and the first-floor door is studded with strap hinges that have open scroll ends. The rear wing has a chamfered lintel above the fireplace and chamfered beams. The current building likely occupies a much older site and is partly surrounded by a moat.

Local climate

Moat House Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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