Description

SY 08 NE NEWTON POPPLEFORD EXETER ROAD
HARPFORD Newton Poppleford
5/52 Newlands Cottage
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GV II

Cottage. Mid C17, circa 1930 extension and thoroughly modernised circa 1960. Main
block is plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble stack with plastered
C20 brick top; thatch roof; circa 1930 extension is plastered brick with thatch
roof.
The original house fronting onto the road to the south-west had a 2-room plan but
now the 2 rooms have been knocked together. It has a projecting left (north-west)
end stack. The circa 1930 2-room extension was built at right angles adjoining the
rear right corner of the main block, and a connecting corridor built along the back
of the main block. Rear block has lateral stack on inner side. Both blocks are 2
storeys.
Regular, nearly symmetrical, 3-window front of C19 and C20 casements with glazing
bars. The central ground floor window is blocking the original front door. The
first floor windows have thatch eyebrows over. Roof is hipped to right and gable-
ended to left. The left end stack has weathered offsets and the oven projection has
been removed to create a small window framed by the former oven doorway. The C20
block is gable-ended and the main door is now in the front gable end protected by a
porch in the angle of the 2 wings with a lean-to thatch roof on a rustic post.
Interior of main block much rearranged in C20. The internal partitions have been
removed. There are no main beams and the first floor may always have been carried
on joists only although most have been replaced. The fireplace is C17; it has
brick sides and its oak lintel is soffit-chamfered with a scroll stop on 1 side
only. Roof is not accessible but the feet of the principals show suggesting that
the original C17 roof structure survives.
According to the owners the deeds survive back to 1650 which could well be the date
of erection of the present main block.

Listing NGR: SY0756489584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499029

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