Listed Building: LUDDESDOWN COURT (1096343)
Grade | I |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 10, 5, 59 |
Date assigned | 27 August 1952 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 66 NE LUDDESDOWN LUDDESDOWN ROAD 5/59 27.8.52 Luddesdown Court
I
Probably early C13. Flint and stone dressings. C17 brick extension to east. Tiled roof (modern). L-shaped. Two storeys.
Hall and service wing. The hall is on the first floor supported on massive oak joists on a medial beam standing on 2 oak posts. Five windows to south and 5 to west. No original fenestration except narrow loops to west and fragment of 2-light window with central column in south-west corner. Hall originally entered by door in north external wall. Now by late C13 door in east wall. Service wing ends in recently restored garderobe, later a dove cot. A chamber is formed at the east end of the hall by a wooden partition. It has a C14 hooded fireplace with stone bressummer. There are wall paintings and graffiti in the chamber. There are C19 additions in the north-east angle of the house.
Listing NGR: TQ7135773055
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6691 6616 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66NE |
Civil Parish | LUDDESDOWN, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:18PM