NHER 15782 (Building record) - No 15 Damgate Street

July 1972. Listed, Grade II.

February 1980. Field Observation.
No 15 Damgate Street visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Timber-framed (17th century?) house, clad in brickwork 18th/19th century. In wall of passage timber framing exposed, and large beam with holes for uprights in ceiling.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 13 February 1980. Information from record card (S1).

However 1994 revised listing (S2) sees this as an 18th-century brick house, with the timber framing of the passage belonging to a removed building to the south, and the timber in the roof of the passage as reused.
Compiled by E. Rose 11 May 1994.

April 1997. Field Observation.
The passage (alone) was reinspected 17 April 1997. The listing conclusions seem hard to sustain. The south wall of the passage is of late framing with V-bracing, probably 18th century; the timber in the ceiling with the stud mortises seems to have joists attached to each side. It certainly seems as if the passage has been cut through an existing house that extended both left and right, on the line of a wall, and that the south wall was made at this time.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 23 April 1997.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Pair of houses, now houses and shops. Early 18th century. Whitewashed brick with pantile roof. Two storeys. Central arch leading to passage to rear, timber-framed to south side, and re-using timber roof joists. No 13 first floor lit through two 18th-century two-light casements under segmental arches. No 15 with fixed late 18th-century window with glazing bars. One late 18th-century three-light casement to first floor with a segmental head. Gabled roof. Internal gable-end stack to south. Rear has weatherboarding above passage arch. Two tall gabled dormers in roof...
INTERIOR. Chamfered bridging beam to ground floor. Rebuilt fireplace to south. First floors not inspected."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the full current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2022.