Moat farm and outbuildings
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Moat farm and outbuildings by Bob Harvey as part of the Geograph project.
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Moat farm and outbuildings
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 30 Jun 2018
The two story farmhouse is from around 1860, and the whole collection is one of the 19th century "model farms" that revolutionised the industry The single storey buildings to the left are a grade ii listed building (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360585 ) as are the range of farm buildings to the extreme left (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147802 ) The name Moat Farm comes from the scheduled ancient monument to the east of the buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1004964 ) which is thought to be medieval or even later (http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=348667&sort=2&rational=m&recordsperpage=10&mapisa=1000&mapist=os&mapigrn=335500&mapigre=502500#aSt )
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Image Location
Latitude
52.911209
Longitude
-0.470094