Listed Building: MOAT FARMHOUSE (279649)

FRAMSDEN BIRDS LANE TM 25 NW 5/30 Moat Farmhouse - II Farmhouse, c.1600. 2 storeys and attics. 3-cell_lobby-entrance plan. Timber- framed and plastered; C20 herringbone pargetting in panels. At both ends the gable tie-beam oversails. Pantiled roof with good original axial chimney of red brick: 3 flues of flattened hexagonal form, each with moulded base. The plinth has a plastered diamond-shaped recess once perhaps containing the date of construction. Mainly mid C20 casements; a few at 1st storey of C19. Half- glazed C20 door at lobby entrance position. An ovolo-moulded 1st floor beam in the parlour. Chamfered attic floor joists, laid flat. 2-tier butt-purlin roof, the upper tier wind-braced. (Roof over hall and service cells rebuilt mid C20). Associated with partial mediaeval moat. Listing NGR: TM2194859307