Building record 27/5/1 - No. 19 Silver Street (Poplars Farmhouse)

House. Datestone 1654 on central gable.

{1} House. Datestone 1654 on central gable. Enlarged c.1700. Coursed squared ironstone, limestone dressings, thatched roof, flanking stone and brick stacks. 3 bays, 2 storeys and attic. L-plan. Central doorway with square hood, ribbed plank door and side-light to left. Window to right is of 2 lights with stone mullions and square hood. Similar 4-light windows in left and right bays and 3-light stone mullioned windows with square hoods on first floor. Central gabled half-dormer with 2-light stone mullioned window. Coped right gable end with kneelers. Right side has stone mullioned windows of 4 lights on ground floor, 3- and 2 lights above. Wing projecting from left probably c.1700. Coursed ironstone rubble, one bay, 2 storeys and attic. Windows with wood lintels and wood casements (mostly renewed). Interior: altered c.1700 when through passage entry widened and winder stair built in new extension. Stone corner fireplace with 4-centred arch in ground floor room. Original stop-chamfered ceiling joists. (Wood-Jones, R.B., Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region, Manchester 1963, pp.121, 217, Plan & Elevation figs. 30 and 31).

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/73 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> WOOD-JONES R.B., 1963, Traditional Domestic Architecture in The Banbury Region, p.121, 217 (unchecked) (Book). SNN62977.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Chacombe (Photographs). SNN111837.

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Jul 19 2024 2:51PM