Nineteenth century timber framed stable at Poplars Farm, Little Tey Road (EHER 80494)

A five-bay timber framed barn with a central midstrey porch projecting to the East. The barn is weatherboarded to the East and the remaining elevations are rendered with cement. The roof is clad with corrugated iron sheets and the floor is poured concrete. The barn was built at the start of the 19th century, probably in response to Napoleonic War era grain shortages and increased production.

February 2012. Heritage assessment. A timber framed stable building clad with tarred 8in weather-boards on all sides except the Southern gable which has been overclad with cement rendered EML (Expanded Metal Lath). The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos sheets to match the store shed which abuts it to the West on a perpendicular alignment. The stable is built from scantling studs pinned together with curved primary bracing and interrupted studwork. The principal timbers are straight sawn and probably elm. Between the Tithe Map of 1838 and the First Edition Ordnance Survey of 1876 the farm expanded its range of buildings almost doubling the size of the complex. It is likely that the stable was built in this era and is the remnant of a long range to the East of the farmyard. <1>