Ivy Cottage

Ivy Cottage is a building that may have originally been a stable, later converted into a cottage. It likely dates from the late 16th century and has undergone alterations since. The cottage is built of coursed squared sandstone with quoins, and has a stone slate roof with stone gable coping. It has a small, rectangular plan consisting of two bays of unequal size. The north gable, facing the road, features a large chimney that projects from the first floor with offsets near the top. The east front has a chamfered doorway at the rear left end, a more recent doorway in the centre, and a small, single-storey, gabled addition in front of the right-hand end. At first-floor level on the east front is a small chamfered light near the left end, and in the second bay, two deeply-recessed mullioned windows with round-headed lights and hollow spandrels. The south gable has a similar three-light window at first floor and a smaller chamfered light at ground floor. The rear elevation has four regularly-spaced chamfered single-light windows at first floor, and at ground floor, two square-headed mullioned windows (three and two lights respectively), alongside an altered or inserted fire window. These rear windows are likely later additions. Internally, the cottage has chamfered beams supported by moulded stone corbels. External features indicate the building was initially designed for first-floor habitation only, with the ground floor being adopted for living space at a later date.