Poplar Farmhouse

Poplar Farmhouse is a large farmhouse, dating to 1661 with later extensions in the late 18th and early 19th century. It was uninhabited and in a state of dereliction at the time of resurvey in February 1987. The original part of the house is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, now mostly pebble-dashed. A later extension is of brick with a rendered front. The roof is tiled with red tiles and has brick stacks.

The house has a rectangular plan with a later extension to the left gable and the rear left. The front, facing the main road, has a twin-gabled design with a later extension to the left. The ground floor has two 3-light 19th-century casement windows and a canted 4-light 19th-century casement. The first floor has two 3-light canted oriel windows projecting on moulded brackets with simple chip-carved decoration; two smaller 3-light windows with some diamond-leaded panes light the attic. The left extension has two 3-light casements, one with leaded panes. A projecting, open-sided 2-storey porch is centrally positioned on the original part of the house, containing wooden bench seats with tall straight plank backs, and an early studded plank door with decorative hinges. A canted 3-light window is supported on a moulded bracket with a small carved boss towards the bottom of the porch.

The right gable end features a 3-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casement to the ground floor, with a continuous dripmould above, and a 2-light window with a stopped hood. A square slab sundial with a moulded hood and the inscription “L.A.= GWINNETH 1661” is positioned below this window. The attic has a single-light window with an ovolo-moulded surround and hood. The rear of the house has two large chimney gables and two 2-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casements, where a gabled, 2-storey brick projection obscures an early plank door with fleur-de-lys ended hinges, each bearing the date '1661' within a round-headed surround with a keystone and imposts. Segmental-headed 2-light casements feature in the brick extension to the right. Ceramic finials are present on the forward-facing gables of the original range. The interior was inaccessible at the time of listing, but likely contains original features.