1, 3 And 5, Pople Street

WYMONDHAM

TG1001 POPLE STREET 655-1/8/137 (North West side) 14/07/72 Nos.1, 3 AND 5 (Formerly Listed as: POPLE STREET Nos.1-5 (Odd) Hill House)

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3 houses in range. Dated 1684, various alterations. Brick with plaintile roofs. No.5 rendered. 2 storeys and dormer attic on brick plinth course. 3 distinct elements round canted facade. Entry to No.1 and No.3 via C19 doors under gabled timber hoods to left of centre element. No.5 with a central panelled door under flat timber hood in centre of the 3 bays of this section. No.3 of 2 bays plus doors, 1 of 2 window bays only. Fenestration of horned sashes with flush frames and glazing bars. No. 3 with dentil eaves cornice, No.5 with moulded eaves cornice. Gabled roofs, that to 1 of lower pitch. One gabled dormer to Nos.1 and 3, 2 hipped dormers to No.5. Shaped west gable head with moulded coping and internal stack. Ridge stack left of centre to No.3, west ridge stack to No.5. Rear with a 2-storeyed gabled tower to centre, C19 extensions right and a stepped external stack to left. 3 with circular section railings to street, No.5 with lattice section cast-iron railings. INTERIORS. No.1: Very large open fireplace in north-west wall under a plain bressumer, brick firehood over. Chamfered bridging beam with tongue and jewel stops. First-floor bridging beams similar. Blocked windows flank stack at this level. Roof of 2 tiers butt purlins with arched windbraces in corners. Collars missing. No.3: Front room to ground floor with chamfered bridging beam terminating in tongue and jewel stops. No.3 similar bridging beams to principal first-floor rooms. Sunk quadrant-moulded beam in gabled rear extension. Similar roof as to No.1, but with collars intact. Dormer is inserted. No.5: Bridging beams mostly boxed save for one chamfered beam with jewel stops bearing date 1684. Roof as to No.3, except dormers are original.

Listing NGR: TG1079501882