Moat House, Sutton Coldfield

Moat House
General information
Type	House
Architectural style	Jacobean
Location	Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52.567988°N 1.822383°W / 52.567988; -1.822383
Completed	1680
Owner	Sutton Coldfield College
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sir William Wilson
Awards and prizes	Grade II* listed

Moat House is a Grade II* listed building[1] situated in Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It is part of the Anchorage Road conservation area.[2]

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[3] 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.[4] A sundial is attached to the side of the building.[5]

The property was occupied by the adjacent Sutton Coldfield College.[6]

The Moat House is now the home of Urban Village Group.

References

1. Historic England. "Moat House (1343333)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
2. Birmingham.gov.uk: Anchorage Road Conservation Area map
3. Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull, George Thomas Noszlopy, 2003, Liverpool University Press (ISBN 0853238472)
4. The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History, Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press (ISBN 0-9502636-7-2)
5. The Book of Sun-dials, Eleanor Lloyd, Horatia Katharine, Frances Eden, Alfred Gatty, 1900, G. Bell
6. Sutton Coldfield College: International Students Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine