Moat House, a Grade II listed building in

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, 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 A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...

. 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

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