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Moat House is a Grade II * listed building situated in Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. It is part of the Anchorage Road conservation area.〔(Birmingham.gov.uk: Anchorage Road Conservation Area map )〕 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〔''Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull'', George Thomas Noszlopy, 2003, Liverpool University Press (ISBN 0853238472)〕 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.〔''The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History'', Douglas V. Jones, 1994, Westwood Press (ISBN 0-9502636-7-2)〕 A sundial is attached to the side of the building.〔''The Book of Sun-dials'', Eleanor Lloyd, Horatia Katharine, Frances Eden, Alfred Gatty, 1900, G. Bell〕 The property is occupied by the adjacent Sutton Coldfield College.〔(Sutton Coldfield College: International Students )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moat House, Sutton Coldfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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