Description

SJ 40 SE CONDOVER C.P. -

9/37 Moat Farmhouse -

GV II*

Farmhouse. C14 or C15, re-modelled C17 with considerable later additions and alterations. Render and painted brick concealing timber frame on chamfered sandstone plinth, 7 courses high; slate roofs. House, probably originally fortified, now consists of hall range with cross-wing projecting to north-east; this formerly had a timber framed gatehouse attached to front, demolished c.1950. 2 storeys with cellar on south; north side: irregular fenestration, late C19 casements, 3 directly below eaves, left blocked and 2 on ground floor with segmental heads to left and right, left blocked, one on each floor to left side of cross-wing; roughly central entrance to hall range with plank door probably C17 under late C19 gabled porch (another entrance through C20 lean-to porch in angle beteeen hall and cross- wing); red brick ridge stack immediately above central entrance to hall with axial red brick ridge stack to right at junction between hall and cross-wing. Mid-C20 extension to front of cross-wing (partly on site of gatehouse) rests on original sandstone plinth. Salop Fire Insurance plate over central entrance to hall range numbered 2138. Interior: room to left of hall stack has a richly moulded cross-beam ceiling with a carved Tudor rose boss to centre, C17 oak panelling to right-hand wall with elaborately carved round-arched overmantel above C20 brick fireplace; room to right has 2 chamfered cross beams with heavy joists. B.o.E., p.293.

Listing NGR: SJ4571203513

External Links

• Wikidata Q17540898

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