More information : [TF 4388 8049] Moat [G.T.] (1)
Woodthorpe Hall is a red-brick Tudor house, seat of the Ballett
family. (2)
Woodthorpe Hall is much restored. See GP AO/63/17/3.
Surrounding moat resurveyed at 1/2500. (3)
[TF 440 806] Site of deserted Medieval village of Woodthorpe. (4)
The Medieval moat and settlement referred to by the previous
authorities were visible as earthworks and mapped from good quality
air photographs.
The moat, surrounding Woodthorpe Hall, is centred at TF 4388 8049.
It is a rectilinear enclosure with internal dimensions of 100m by
40m and is defined by a substantial ditch. There is an entrance in
its southern side. The moat, although probably Medieval in origin,
may also have served as a Post Medieval ornamental feature
associated with the gardens of the house. A rectangular enclosure
defined by a ditch with an inner bank is situated to the east of
the moat, separated from it by a block of ridge and furrow. It
measures 45m by 25m and is centred at TF 4423 8051. This enclosure
appears different in character to the Medieval settlement remains
and may be a garden feature associated with the house and moat.
The remains of Medieval settlement stretch west and east of the
moat. The fragmentary remains of tofts are visible as rectilinear
ditch defined conjoined enclosures around the three modern farms
that define the modern settlement at Woodthorpe. Tofts around
School Farm, the moat, and Woodthorpe House Farm seem to represent
the main foci of the settlement. These are centred at
TF 4380 8048, TF 4366 8045, TF 4434 8067, TF 4447 8064, and
TF 4442 8048. Five blocks of ridge and furrow associated with the
tofts survive as earthworks and are centred at TF 4414 8053,
TF 4425 8078, TF 4453 8056, and TF 4357 8049.
(Morph No. LI.375.1.1-9)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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