More information : 1. [Centred at TQ 08278528] Manor Farm [T.I.] Moat [GT]
2. MANOR FARM, house and moat. The House was built early in the 16th century on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the N. and W. The staircase was added in the 17th century and there are 18th century additions. The upper storey projects at the N. end of the W. wing on a moulded bressumer. On the E. side of the same wing is an original window. The W. wing has been refaced in brick. The Moat formerly surrounded the house and there is a large outer enclosure and moat on the N. side.
3. At Manor Farm a narrow moat takes a somewhat eccentric plan, and is evidently the work of two periods. The earlier moat was quadrangular with the N. side joining the W. at an acute angle. At some later date the E. extremity of the northern trench appears to have been extended, while the E. side of the moat - about 120 ft
from the S.E. angle was also turned eastwards in a line parallel to the northern extension; a fragment of the original moat remaining between them.
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