Poplar Farmhouse

BEDFIELD LONG GREEN TM 26 NW

2/27 Poplar Farmhouse 29/7/55

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C16. Timber framed. Ground floor cased in red brick, colourwashed at the front. Upper floor has old plaster with small remains of panelled work. Roof of old clay plaintiles. 2-cell form. 2 storeys and attic. 3 windows, various casements, mostly old; 2 windows to upper floor retain square-leaded glass. To left is C19 colourwashed brick gabled porch with scalloped bargeboards; 6-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed. Within the porch is an older door with 6 raised and fielded panels. Internal stack with axial red brick shaft. Later, smaller stack to left, just to rear of the roof ridge. Lean-to additions on each gable end with steeply-pitched roofs. Interior. On the ground floor both rooms have roll-moulded bridging beams and chamfered joists. Good fully-moulded C16 door by stack in parlour (to right). Close studding on upper floor with reverse-curved braces at the corners. Original window openings have deep sills. Left cell has original attic floor with chamfered joists. C16 newel stair (2 flights). Queen-post roof, all bracing missing. Rafters re-set on edge, with a ridge piece. A valuable example of a good quality C16 farmhouse which has not been heavily restored.

Listing NGR: TM2191866490