Listed Building: THE MOAT (438336)

GOSBECK PETTAUGH LANE TM15NE 4/10001 The Moat Farmhouse. Circa early C17, extended in C20. Roughcast timber frame. Hipped plain tile roof with gable end to rear wing. Roughcast brick axial stack. PLAN:3-room plan; parlour on left (S) in cross-wing with projects at rear only and hall at centre, both heated from back to back fireplaces in axial stack; smaller unheated room to right (N) end, now with C19 stack on north end wall. A partition has been inserted across the back of the parlour to create a stairhall in the rear wing and a C20 single storey outshut has been built behind the remainder of the house. EXTERIOR:2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:3 window east front. Large C20 3-light casements and C20 gabled porch to left of centre. C20 conservatory on south end. At rear (west) projecting gabled cross-wing on right and single storey outshut on left; C20 casements. INTERIOR:Hall has exposed close studding, jowled posts, chamfered rail, ovolo-moulded axial beam with concave stops and rebuilt Tudor arch brick fireplace. Parlour in left hand(S) cross-wing has intersecting ceiling beams with roll moulded arrises, cyma moulded cornice, C20 fireplace and C18 2-panel doors. C20 staircase in back of cross-wing. Right hand (N) room has exposed jowled posts, chamfered wall-plate and tie beams and chamfered axial beams. Original 4-bay roof over main range and 3-bays over cross-wing with large cambered collars, clasped side purlins and curved wind-braces. Originally attic chambers, main stack has fireplace with unchamfered timber lintel. Listing NGR: TM1657556938