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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 93 SW 128 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | DIAMOND HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1367 to 1748. House (14th c and later)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 92495 33692 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ93SW |
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| Parish: | WOODCHURCH, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1367 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Description from record TQ 93 SW 4 :
(TQ 92493369) Diamond House (NAT) (1) 5272 WOODCHURCH BROOK STREET Diamond House TQ 93 SE 9/491 II* 2. A timber-framed building possibly of late C14 date. Four bay hall- house with terminal jetty. The timber-framing has plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick. Hipped tiled roof with large C17 brick chimneystack. Three casement windows. Late C16 to early C17 additions. The interior contains the dais beam with lap board panelling which formerly separated the Palour from the Hall and a roof with collars, collar purlin and crown post. Inglenook fireplaces. The house was occupied by the Diamond Family, a notorious family of smugglers, from the late C17 to 1748, and several alcoves reputed to be smugglers hides have been found in the house. (2)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WOODCHURCH BROOK STREET 1. 5272 Diamond House TQ 93 SW 9/491 II*
2. A timber-framed building possibly of late C14 date. Four bay hall-house with terminal jetty. The timber-framing has plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick. Hipped tiled roof with large C17 brick chimneystack. Three casement windows. Late C16 to early C17 additions. The interior contains the dais beam with lap board panelling which formerly separated the Parlour from the Hall and a roof with collars, collar purlin and crown post. Inglenook fireplaces. The house was occupied by the Diamond Family, a notorious family of smugglers, from the late C17 to 1748, and several alcoves reputed to be smugglers hides have been found in the house.
Listing NGR: TQ9249633692 (3)
<1> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford, Kent Aug 1979 152 (OS Card Reference). SKE40200.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford, Kent Aug 1979 152. |
| <3>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22473 Listed Building, ] |
