Hoppy Acres And Constable Meadows

Hoppy Acres and Constable Meadows is a former rectory that has been converted into two dwellings. The building features a rear wing from the mid to late 18th century (Constable Meadows) and a front block dating to around 1820 (Hoppy Acres). It is constructed of pebble-dashed rubble with ashlar dressings, topped with Welsh slate roofs and rebuilt brick chimney stacks. The structure is designed in a T-plan, with the wing extending at right angles to the rear.

The front block is three stories tall and consists of three bays, with the narrow central bay breaking forward and featuring a pediment. This central bay has raised quoins and houses a set of central three-panel double doors topped by a radial fanlight, all under a pedimented distyle Tuscan porch. Above are 12-pane and 9-pane sash windows, along with a small pediment that has a blocked oculus. To the right, there is a wide three-story bow with three curved sashes on each floor: 12-pane on the ground and first floors, and 9-pane on the top floor. The left bay is blank. The building has a wood eaves cornice and a very low-pitched hipped roof.

The left return of the front block has a two-bay layout, featuring a 19th-century canted bay window on the ground floor, two 12-pane sashes on the first floor, and two 9-pane sashes above, all within raised stone surrounds. The two-story, three-bay rear wing includes a six-panel door set in a stone architrave on the right, 16-pane sashes with stone sills, and a steeply-pitched roof with stacks at the left end and ridge. There are later single-storey additions on the right return of the main block and at the rear of the wing, which are not of special interest. It is worth noting that Hoppy Acres is incorrectly labeled as Happy Acres on the Ordnance Survey map.