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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 65 SW 134 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | LITTLE DAMAS |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1480 to 1999
Grid Reference: | TQ 6021 5393 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ65SW |
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Parish: | PLAXTOL, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1480 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1204810: LITTLE DAMAS |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 6053 PLAXTOL YOPPS GREEN 6/2 (west side)
Little Damas GV II
House. Circa 1500 hall-house, since truncated. Ground floor to south underbuilt in coursed galletted rubble with some red brick dressings. Close-studded above with plaster infilling. Plain tiled roof with tile-hanging in gables and central hipped semi-dormer. End stack to left, main stack off ridge to rear. Two storeys; irregular 3 window facade with wooden lattice casements. Main entrance with modern boarded and ribbed door in east side. Modern additions to rear. One-storey brick extension to west with pentice over. Interior. Remains of crenellated crested dais beam. C16 side fireplace with chamfered bressumer.
Listing NGR: TQ6021453939 (1)
Much altered 3-bay house with a formerly open 1-bay hall. A fourth bay appears to have existed but has been demolished.(2)
Historic England archive material: BF040075 LITTLE DAMAS, PLAXTOL 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. RCH01/048/01/535 Labelled sheet of drawings of Little Damas, Yopps Green, with a plan of the ground-floor, and fascia and door surround profiles.
A Level 1 historic building survey was conducted in 2019 prior to consideration of conservation and restoration proposals. (3)
<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.
<3> Darnley Archaeological Services, 2019, Level 1 Historic Building Survey at Little Damas, Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Kent TN15 0PY (Unpublished document). SKE53437.
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. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Darnley Archaeological Services. 2019. Level 1 Historic Building Survey at Little Damas, Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Kent TN15 0PY. |