Listed Building record TQ 65 SW 134 - LITTLE DAMAS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1480 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 6021 5393 (point)
Map sheet TQ65SW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish PLAXTOL, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

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Archaeological Services, 2019, Level 1 Historic Building Survey at Little Damas, Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Kent TN15 0PY (Unpublished document).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/Archives (3)

  • <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 Unpublished document: Darnley Archaeological Services. 2019.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.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Building Survey at Little Damas, Yopps Green, Plaxtol (Ref: LD19 (HBS)) (EKE24553)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2025 3:48PM