A LARGE ORNAMENTAL MOAT THAT WAS APPARANTLY NEVER A COMPLETE ENCLOSURE; PROBABLY NOT EARLIER THAN ABOUT 1700. {1}{2}~ TO THE WEST OF THE SITE OF THE HALL, THE LARGE WATER-FILLED THREE-SIDED MOAT FORMS AN ORNAMENTAL ELEMENT IN AN ELABORATE EARLY C17 GARDEN: ITS BROAD EXPANSE OF WATER GIVES AN IMPRESSION OF AN ANGLED CANAL. THE BROAD CAUSEWAY ON THE EAST IS CLOSED BY A TALL BRICK SCREEN WALL WITH CENTRAL OPENINGS, PILASTER BUTTRESSES AND STONE CAPPINGS, IDENTICAL IN MATERIALS AND STYLE TO THOSE SURROUNDING THE TERRACED GARDEN AND SCREEN WALL OF THE HALL. THE MOAT, THOUGH IN ITS PRESENT FORM AN ORNAMENTAL FEATURE, MAY POSSIBLY REUSE OR ADAPT AN EARLIER, MEDIEVAL, MANORIAL SITE. {3}~, HTM 40M The ornamental water-filled moat lies approximately 150m to the south-west of the Hall, and may reuse an earlier manorial site. The moat arms, measuring up to 20m in width, create the effect of a broad-angled canal enclosing three sides of a rectangular island. Access to the island, which is about 80m in length, is via a broad causeway on the eastern side of the island, which is closed by a buttressed brick wall with a central opening, thought to be 18th c. in date. Water is supplied to the moat via a stream flowing in at its south-east corner. The moated site is raised at its western end above the general ground level, where it is lined by an external bank. {10} The course of the now defunct serpentine to the east of the Hall is not included in the scheduling. All fences are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included. {10} See also PRNs 51002, 51003 and 51004, also included as part of the scheduling.