Moat House is a
Grade II* listed building
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situated in Lichfield Road,
Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands. It is part of the Anchorage Road
conservation area.
The property was designed and built in 1680 as a mansion house by
William Wilson, builder, architect and student of
Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches ...
, as a home for his new wife, a wealthy local widow Jane Pudsey who had previously owned
Langley Hall with her first husband.
The original gatehouse or lodge, itself a Grade II listed building, and stone bridge remain but no traces of the 'moat' remain. The moat survived until 1860, until which it had to be crossed by a small stone bridge. A sundial is attached to the side of the building.
The property was occupied by the adjacent
Sutton Coldfield College
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Sutton Coldfield College: International Students
The Moat House is now the home of Urban Village Group.
References
Grade II* listed buildings in the West Midlands (county)
Country houses in the West Midlands (county)
Houses in Birmingham, West Midlands
Houses completed in 1680
Sutton Coldfield
1680 establishments in England
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