Poachers Pocket

Poachers Pocket is a house that was formerly two cottages, likely built in the 18th century, with a 20th-century extension. It features plastered cob on rubble footings, stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and a thatched roof. Originally, it consisted of a pair of one-room plan cottages facing south with end stacks. The 20th-century extension is located at the rear of the left (west) room. The building is two storeys high and originally had a symmetrical four-window front, now featuring late 19th-century casements with glazing bars, including a close-set central pair of small single light windows at the first floor. The original central pair of doorways includes one on the right that is now blocked by a 20th-century fixed pane window, and one on the left that has been replaced by a 20th-century glazed door and a gabled, shingle-roofed porch. The roof is hipped at each end. Inside, the house has plain carpentry details, with both rooms featuring roughly-chamfered crossbeams and large rubble fireplaces with roughly-chamfered oak lintels. The roof has not been inspected. Poachers Pocket was previously known as Southview.