The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Farmhouse.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- plain-marble-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Poplars, Wybunbury Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 689 504
- Coordinates
- 53.05047, -2.46431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is an early 19th-century farmhouse built of red Flemish bond brick with a plain tile roof. It stands three storeys tall and features a symmetrical entrance front with three bays. The central bay slightly projects and is flanked by pilaster strips at the corners. There is a central porch on the ground floor supported by Tuscan columns and topped with a flat roof. The porch leads to a half-glazed 19th-century door that has pilaster responds to the rear wall. On the ground floor, there are mid-19th-century sash windows with stone sills and wedge lintels. The first floor has similar lateral windows, along with a central arched window that features stone springers and a central keystone. The second floor has three windows, all with stone sills, wedge lintels, and a stone cornice.
Local climate
The Poplars receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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