Poppingbury

Poppingbury is a former farmhouse dating from the mid to late 17th century, with 19th and 20th century extensions and alterations. The older part of the building is timber-framed, with the ground floor underbuilt in 19th century Flemish bond red brick and the first floor faced with stretcher bond red brick. The mid-19th century extension is also in Flemish bond red brick, featuring decorative burnt headers. The house has brick stacks, including a 17th century stack on a sandstone base, and a peg-tile roof.

The house is arranged in an L-plan, with the main block facing southwest. It has a three-room layout: the parlour is at the left (northwest) end and includes a gable-end stack, the unheated centre room contains the main stair, and the kitchen is at the right end with a projecting end stack. There is an unheated service room that projects to the rear. The kitchen wing was added in the mid-19th century to the original 17th century two-room plan house. The original front doorway, likely leading directly into the parlour, is blocked, and the current entrance is at the right end.

The building is two storeys high with various secondary outshots on both ends and to the rear, most of which are lean-tos. A timber-framed structure on the right end was built in the mid-20th century as an entrance porch and dentist's surgery.

The exterior features an irregular three-window front, predominantly with various 19th and 20th century casements that have glazing bars. All ground floor windows are topped with low brick segmental arches. The right window on the first floor is a 19th century 16-pane sash. The roof is gable-ended and rises over the right bay, which is the 19th century extension. The blocked original front doorway is replaced by a 20th century door at the right end.

Inside, the basic framed structure of the 17th century two-room plan house remains largely intact. Where visible, the wall framing consists of relatively slender scantling with straight braces. The larger room features a chamfered and scroll-stopped axial beam, and the fireplace is made of brick on a stone base with a chamfered oak lintel. The roof has been somewhat repaired but includes a closed clasped side purlin truss with queen struts.