Moat House, a

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, 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 dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...

. 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

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-headed windows matching those added to the house.

References

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