Listed Building: LUDDESDOWN COURT (1096343)
| Grade | I | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ66NE | 
| Civil Parish | LUDDESDOWN, GRAVESHAM, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:18PM