Description

SHELLAND LOWER ROAD TM 05 NW

6/163 The Poplars -

-- II

House, c.1570. 3-cell plan. One storey and attics. Timber-framed and plastered. Thatched roof with gabled plaintiled dormers with small-pane casements. An axial C16 chimney of narrow buff/pink brick, the shaft rebuilt in C18 red brick. An external gable chimney of C17 to left. Two good late C18 or early C19 cross-casements with Gothick cast-iron traceried lights above the transomes. A C19/C20 corner porch with lean-to slated roof and panelled door. An early C20 pantiled lean-to extension to front right. Quite complete unmoulded C16 framing: chamfered floor joists and a lintelled open fireplace in the hall. Arch windbraced studding, and a number of diamond-mullioned windows. The upper floors in parlour and service cells were renewed in C17/C18; in the service cell is a large reused moulded bridging beam with C15 casement mouldings. Side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM0013559480

External Links

• Wikidata Q26284116

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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