Description

TL 51 NE AYTHORPE RODING POPLARS FARMHOUSE

2/78 POPLARS FARMHOUSE

GV II

Farmhouse, part late medieval, part late C16, extended in C18 and C20. Timber-
framed, plastered, roofs tiled. Consists of a 2-bay block aligned N-S, late
medieval, with axial chimney stack at N end, and S of it, and structurally
distinct from it, a 2-bay block aligned E-W, late C16, forming an L-plan, with
original central chimney stack. One-bay extension to N of N-S block added in
C18, reconstructed from an earlier building. Kitchen/wash-house of near-square
plan to E of it, originally separate but linked to it in C20. Flat-roofed
2-storey extension in the angle of the L-plan, C20. W elevation, 2 storeys
except the N extension, which is of one storey with attic, half-hipped at N end.
Ground floor, 3 C20 casement windows and C20 porch constructed of re-used timber;
first-floor, 2 C20 casement windows. Pentice board on gable of E-W block.
Framing partly exposed internally. Jowled storey posts, except at the S end of
the N extension. The N-S block has an arch-braced cambered central tiebeam,
originally for a crownpost roof but the roof has been rebuilt above tiebeam
level. Floor rebuilt in C20. The E-W block has straight tension bracing trenched
inside the studs; studs omitted, and arch-braced at both storeys in the W half
of the N wall, where it abuts on the earlier building. Grooves for sliding shutters
at both ends and in the E half of the S wall, at both levels. Clasped purlin
roof, framing exposed externally at the E gable. The house contains several
imitation antique doors. The house reached its L-plan form before the end of
the C16, at which time it was probably designed and used as a lobby-entrance
house with the main door in the middle of the S elevation, with the older part
forming a rear service wing. Ground floor partition between the blocks now removed,
and main door moved to W side of N-S block. The house was thatched until c.1969;
it was probably tiled originally. The originally separate kitchen/wash-house
is of one storey with a hipped roof, fully plastered internally, not datable on
present evidence. Formerly no. 16/496 Grade III in the parish of High Roding,
RCHM 19.

Listing NGR: TL5762915587

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614106

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)