Building record 1736/1 - The Moathouse

<1> White, F, 1860, Whites History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cheshire, p.234 (Book). SCH1452.

'...An ancient residence, formerly surrounded by a moat, was occupied by the Smith family for upwards of 330 years…'

<2> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 55800 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse. Seventeenth century. Timber-framed with whitewashed brick infill and plain tile roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: nineteenth century gabled bay to left with stone lower storey and timber framing and simulated timber framing above. To the right of this are 6 x 2 cells of small framing (mostly renewed this century). Two three-light and one two-light ground floor casement windows and one two-light and one three-light gabled dormers to the first floor all of nineteenth century or twentieth century date. Left hand gable end: stone plinth supporting close studding with angle braces and close studding to gable. Nineteenth century casements with lattice glazing to both floors. Interior: Fluted and chamfered ceiling beam to parlour. There is some seventeenth century panelling and a door with beaded framing and with fluted cornices to the panelling which is certainly rearranged and probably brought from elsewhere.

There was a fire c.1910 after which time the right hand portion of the entrance front was renewed

<3> Wilson D et al, 1973-1986, Moated Sites Research Group Records (Paper Archive). SCH2205.