The Poplars

COLLYWESTON BACK LANE SK9902 (North side) 8/33 The Poplars 23/05/67 (Formerly listed as House W of Manor Farmhouse)

GV II

House. C17 with datestone BM/1625, late C18/early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally 3-unit now L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is a 3-window range of C19 unhorned sash windows. Ground floor windows are tripartite sashes with glazing bars, first floor flanking windows are 8-aned sashes and first floor centre window has margin lights; all with plastered and painted surrounds. Double, 6-panel doors have moulded stone surround keyblock and cornice. Shallow flight of moulded steps to door. Pair of hipped eaves dormers with sash windows. Ashlar gable parapets, to left, and aslar ridge and end stacks, with moulded cornices.2-window range breaks forward, to right, at a lower eaves level to the main range. C19 sash and casement windows under wood lintels. 2 single-light windows, now blocked, in gable end. Datestone in apex of gable. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stack at end. One-unit single-storey extension, attached to gable end, has ashlar end stack. Elevation to left, abutting road, has some C19 casement windows with ashlar surrounds and keyblocks and one 2-light stone mullion window. Interior not inspected but probably has remains of open fireplaces. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in forth Northamptonshire: p34)

Listing NGR: SK9944002948