Description

SY 7883, SY 7983
13/88 CHALDON HERRING EAST CHALDON
20.11.59
Damers Farm House.
(Formerly listed as
"Damers Farm and
attached barn on
north side of village
green")

II

Farmhouse. Late C16-early C17. Originated as a long-house with upper-end stack.
Byre rebuilt late C17-C18 - this recently demolished and replaced by new extension
to house.
Outbuilding at east end recently incorporated in the house. Walls of brick and
stone, front wall buttressed. Thatched roof, brick stacks. One storey and attic.
later single-storey lean-to at rear, of brick with slate roof.
Entrance door in brick porch with thatched roof. Ground floor (excluding byre under
reconstruction) has three casement windows with glazing bars. Attic has four
half-dormers with similar casements. Internally, main ground floor room has large
stone fireplace at east end with oak lintel, and bread oven. Chamfered ceiling
beam. Remains of late C17-C18 plank and muntin partition between this room and the
smaller west room. Later stack in this room adjoining byre. Roof has remains of
two jointed-cruck trusses with signs of blackening - indicating possible original
open hall.
RCHM Monument 4.

Listing NGR: SY7913283411

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413759

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Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  For the Record
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6