Poppett'S

House, probably of 14th century origin, remodelled and with a front rebuilt in the early 17th century, with some early 18th century alterations. The building is cruck-framed. The front is of squared and coursed limestone, the rear of coursed limestone rubble; the roof is of gabled stone slate. There is an off-centre stone ridge stack, an early 18th century stone stack to the right-hand corner, and a late 19th century brick stack at the left end. Originally an open-hall house, it was remodelled in the early 17th century as a two-story house with a rear right wing. The front has two windows on each floor and an attic. An early 18th century bracketed stone hood covers a central early 17th century doorway with sunk spandrels to a moulded Tudor-arched architrave. A late 19th century projecting bay window is on the left with leaded lights to a four-light wood-mullioned window. Label moulds are above the early 17th century chamfered stone-mullioned windows, which have four lights on the ground floor to the right, and three lights on the first floor flanking a three-light oriel window. There are large, gabled, late 19th century dormer windows. The rear wing, of one story and attic, has a stone gable end stack and a gabled half dormer. Inside, there is a 14th century full cruck resting on a pad stone to the rear, but truncated by an early 17th century wall to the front. The rear blade of the cruck is not continuous, being jointed about three-quarters towards the apex, which has been halved and rebuilt. Other features include trenched purlins and lap-jointed collars. A ground floor room to the right has chamfered stone jambs and a wood bressummer to an open fireplace, incorporating an arched recess (salt cupboard) with a beaded surround. This room also has 17th century stop-chamfered ceiling joists, a blocked four-light wood-mullioned window to the right, and an early 18th century shell alcove. A first-floor room to the right has an early 18th century corner fireplace with a pulvinated frieze. The 17th century rear wing has a chamfered ground floor beam. The building’s listing also notes that there are two cottages with 17th century rubble walls and a Cotswold stone roof. It features two off-ridge ashlar chimneys, one with a cornice, and a brick chimney on the left-hand side, and a corniced ashlar chimney to the front right-hand corner. It has two stories and dormers and three bays, containing three- and four-light stone mullion windows with labels, and a small stone oriel over the entrance. A small Tudor arch opening leads to an alley, which is timber-framed.