Description

HORHAM REDLINGFIELD ROAD
TM 27 SW
5/48 Moat Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17. Timber framed and plastered, the ground floor of the
facade cased in colourwashed brick. Weatherboarded gable end to rear. Roof
plaintiled to front and pantiled to rear. 2 storeys and attic. 2-cell, lobby
entry type; the left cell extends to the rear as a short wing. Cl9 casement
windows, 2 to ground floor, 3 to first floor. C19 gabled porch with 6-panel
door (the upper 2 panels glazed) and fretted bargeboards. Lower portion of
stack is original: oblong base and 4 truncated shafts grouped in sawtooth
form, with double roll moulds at the base; above is a plain C19 shaft.
Victorianised interior. Plain studding visible on first floor, with evidence
for many original windows; the right hand chamber had a continuous row of 4
windows, alternately deep and shallow. Ovolo bridging beams in both ground
floor rooms, the joists largely concealed. Newel stair to first floor and
solid-tread attic stair. Roof has one row of clasped purlins and one-way
cranked wind bracing. The house is surrounded by a medieval moat.

Listing NGR: TM2031671525

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476354

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings