Introduction
Features of The Moat House include a fish pond, islands, bridges, an ice house and a walled kitchen garden.
The garden consists of 1.4 hectares. To the south is a large fish pond with two islands reached by foot bridges. An ice house to the rear of the house and a timber gamekeeper's larder of 1830, octagonal in plan, were both originally thatched. A former coach house lies to the north with a walled kitchen garden and orchard, now landscaped with herbaceous beds and shrubberies for easier maintenance.
- History
Formerly The Rectory, this 1830 gault brick house with an orangery stands on a terrace with an openwork balustrade.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Island
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- Fishpond
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- Kitchen Garden
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- Icehouse
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- Garden Wall
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- Orchard
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- Flower Bed
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- Shrubbery
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- Moat (featured building)
- House
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Hectares
1.4
Civil Parish
Warboys