Building record 689/0/9 - Poplar Cottage

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 403177 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Cottage: later seventeenth century with late twentieth century internal alterations and additions. Brick nogged timber framing on stone base, thatched roof, one central ridge brick chimney. One and a half storey, three bay front. Fifteen by three irregular small frames with angle bracing. End bays have iron casements with leaded lights below, and lunettes with small pane. Originally two-room baffle-entry house. Two-storey, three-bay front. Fourteen by three irregular small frames with angle bracing. End bays have blocked window openings below and lunettes with small pane rectangular leaded glazing above swept over by the thatch. Near central door in wooden frame. Right gable end has toothed tiebeam with pairs of diagonal struts and a collar with diagonal struts. Long lower brick extension to the left and modern extension to rear of no special interest. Interior: has quarter-round ceiling beams in two main rooms, and tie beam trussses with braced through purlins.