1, 3 And 5, Pople Street

Nos. 1, 3, and 5 Pople Street are a range of three houses dated 1684, with various alterations over the years. They are constructed of brick and have plain tile roofs, with No. 5 being rendered. The buildings are two storeys tall with a dormer attic, set on a brick plinth course. The façade features three distinct elements with a canted design. The entrances to Nos. 1 and 3 are through 19th-century doors located under gabled timber hoods to the left of the central element. No. 5 has a central panelled door beneath a flat timber hood in the middle of its three bays.

No. 3 consists of two bays plus doors, while No. 1 has two window bays only. The windows are horned sashes with flush frames and glazing bars. No. 3 features a dentil eaves cornice, whereas No. 5 has a moulded eaves cornice. The roofs are gabled, with No. 1 having a lower pitch. Nos. 1 and 3 each have one gabled dormer, while No. 5 has two hipped dormers. The west gable head is shaped with moulded coping and an internal stack. There is a ridge stack located to the left of centre on No. 3 and a west ridge stack on No. 5.

At the rear, there is a two-storeyed gabled tower at the centre, with 19th-century extensions to the right and a stepped external stack to the left. The properties are enclosed by circular section railings along the street, while No. 5 features lattice section cast-iron railings.

Inside, No. 1 has a very large open fireplace in the north-west wall with a plain bressumer and a brick firehood above. It also has a chamfered bridging beam with tongue and jewel stops, and similar beams on the first floor. Blocked windows are located beside the stack at this level. The roof has two tiers of butt purlins with arched windbraces in the corners, although the collars are missing.

No. 3 has a front room on the ground floor with a chamfered bridging beam that ends in tongue and jewel stops. The principal first-floor rooms have similar bridging beams, and there is a sunk quadrant-moulded beam in the gabled rear extension. The roof is similar to that of No. 1, but the collars are intact, and a dormer has been inserted.

In No. 5, most bridging beams are boxed, except for one chamfered beam with jewel stops that bears the date 1684. The roof is similar to No. 3, but the dormers are original.