Great Uppacott

Great Uppacott is a house dating back to around the mid-16th century, with rebuilding taking place in the 17th century, alterations and a possible extension in the 19th century, and renovations in the 20th century. The walls are colourwashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, with a brick gable end. The roof is thatched, hipped at the left end and gabled at the right, and features end and axial stacks. The house has a single-depth plan, encompassing four rooms with a rear projection. Early development is difficult to discern, but changes in roof structure and the front wall’s plane suggest the left-hand end is the oldest part, possibly originating as the lower end of a three-room and passage house, though no passage remains. The three rooms to the right of the axial stack include a narrow, unheated room that was subdivided in the 20th century. The house is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical five-window front, with the left-hand end under a slightly lower roofline and remnants of an old wallplate. A front door with a flat canopy supported by brackets is located to the right of the centre, leading into the unheated room; a second entrance is at the extreme left. The windows are 2- and 3-light casements with small panes.

Inside, several early features remain. The left-hand room contains a chamfered cross beam with run-out stops and a large brick fireplace with a bread oven. The adjacent room to the right has a large fireplace with a plain lintel and a deeply chamfered cross beam with step stops. A late 17th-century stair, located at the rear, occupies half of the rear projection. The unheated room has a late 17th-century mullioned window at the rear, while the right-hand room features a 19th-century brick fireplace and a 17th-century chamfered cross beam with ogee stops. On the first floor, a chamfered pegged doorway with step stops leads into the right-hand room. A single jointed cruck truss survives over the left-hand end. The roof trusses in the projection and main range appear to be from the 17th century, with a closed truss concealing the timbers in the right-hand room. Two outbuildings and a section of wall, adjoining the left hand-end of the house and at a right angle to it, belonging to the farmyard adjacent to the road, are included in the group value. Great Uppacott is a large thatched house with notable early features and forms a good group with Hore Uppacott.