Type House Floor count 3 Opened 1680 | Completed 1680 Awards and prizes Grade II* listed Floors 3 | |
Owner Birmingham Metropolitan College Similar The Anchorage - Birmingham, St Silas' Church - Lozells, Fox Hollies Hall, The Endwood, Public Library and Baths - Ba | ||
Moat House is a Grade II* listed building situated in Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It is part of the Anchorage Road conservation area.
Map of Moat House, Sutton Coldfield, UK
The property was designed and built in 1680 as a mansion house by William Wilson, builder, architect and student of Sir Christopher Wren, as a home for his new wife, a wealthy local widow Jane Pudsey who had previously owned Langley Hall with her first husband.
The original gatehouse or lodge, itself a Grade II listed building, and stone bridge remain but no traces of the 'moat' remain. The moat survived until 1860, until which it had to be crossed by a small stone bridge. A sundial is attached to the side of the building.
The property is occupied by the adjacent Sutton Coldfield College.
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