Moat House is a

Grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

situated in Lichfield Road,

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, West Midlands. It is part of the Anchorage Road

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. The property was designed and built in 1680 as a mansion house by William Wilson, builder, architect and student of

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, as a home for his new wife, a wealthy local widow Jane Pudsey who had previously owned

Langley Hall Langley Hall is a red-brick building in the Palladian style, formerly a country house but now a private school, located near Loddon, Norfolk, England. It is a grade I listed building. The house was built in the Palladian style of nearby Holkha ...

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 was occupied by the adjacent

Sutton Coldfield College Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * Sut ...

.Sutton Coldfield College: International Students
The Moat House is now the home of Urban Village Group.

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Grade II* listed buildings in the West Midlands (county) Country houses in the West Midlands (county) Houses in Birmingham, West Midlands Houses completed in 1680 Sutton Coldfield 1680 establishments in England {{WestMidlands-struct-stub