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Moat House, Britford

Coordinates: 51°03′14″N 1°46′17″W / 51.0539°N 1.7714°W / 51.0539; -1.7714
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Moat House
Moat House, Britford, 2009
TypeHouse
LocationBritford, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates51°03′14″N 1°46′17″W / 51.0539°N 1.7714°W / 51.0539; -1.7714
Built17th century
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMoat House, 1 and 2, Church Lane
Designated23 March 1960
Reference no.1023794
Moat House, Britford is located in Wiltshire
Moat House, Britford
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

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The 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

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  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "Moat House (1023794)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Pigeon House in garden of Pigeon House Cottage (1023797)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 February 2022.