Description

HAUGHTON
l.
2385
SJ 82 SE 14/25 Moat Farm House

II
2.
C19 roughcast to earlier timber frame. Probably of medieval origin and a hall house
with chamber floor inserted when the house was altered late Cl7. L-shaped on plan;
2 storeys; C19 and modern casement windows. Front (to west) has 1 C19 casement
and plain modern door with small carved wood panel over head inscribed "Thomas
Reynolds 1680". Gabled ends; with modern barge-boards; central brick stack; old tiles
on north and east sides, modern tiles elsewhere. Interior: Contains original heavy
roof timbers including an arched-braced collar beam truss, also wide fireplace
probably inserted late C17: chamfered ceiling beams. Traces of a moat remain on
north and east boundaries. Reference: Victoria Country History, Vo. IV, pp 136-8.

Moat Farm House shall be amended to read:-
Moat House Farmhouse.

(This building was included in Statutory List of No 5 for the former Rural District of
Stafford dated 31 October 1972, in the old format).

Listing NGR: SJ8647420507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539434

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