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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 02 SW 76 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | POPLAR HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799
Grid Reference: | TR 0440 2108 |
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Map Sheet: | TR02SW |
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Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1430 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
POPLAR LANE 1. 1355 Poplar House TR 0421 SW 3/24 II 2. An C18 farmhouse. 2 storeys and attic red brick, the front painted. Hipped tiled roof with modillion eaves cornice and 1 hipped dormer. 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with flat-hood over supported on brackets.
Listing NGR: TR0432520980 (1)
Description from record TR 02 SW 27 :
Fragments of a late medeival open hall house, probably built between 1430 and 1490, survive. Substantially rebuilt and enlarged in the late 16th century. In the 18th century a stair wing , now demolished, may have been added and the external walls were rebuilt in brick or clad in tile.(2)
Historic England archive material: BF040221 POPLAR HOUSE, LYDD File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.
RCH01/048/01/448 Labelled sheet of drawings of Poplar House, Lydd, with a ground-floor plan, and main beam and joist profiles
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
<2> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |