Ivy Cottage (North Range Only)

Ivy Cottage, located on Priory Lane in Penwortham, is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 17th century and was extended in the 19th century, with renovations occurring in the 20th century. The north range is the focus of this listing. The building may have originally been timber-framed but is now covered in rough cast over brick, topped with a composition tile roof that replaced the original thatch.

The cottage features a two-unit end-lobby-entry plan, with a third unit added at the right-hand end. It is one and a half storeys tall, with the main entry now located in the added wing, which obscures the former doorway at the right-hand end of the second bay. The facade includes a modern bow window in the second bay, a modern three-light casement window to the left, and two similar dormer windows in the steeply pitched roof, which has overhanging eaves and a chimney located behind the ridge at the right-hand end of the second unit. The left gable has an off-centre casement window on the first floor. The rear of the building features a six-light wooden mullion window in the second bay, with original diamond-leaded glazing in the first, second, third, and sixth lights, and a smaller four-light fire window to the left, both with wooden sills and lintels.

Inside, there is a timber-framed partition between the first and second bays, which incorporates the newel post of a former spiral staircase. In the second bay, the interior includes two stop-chamfered beams, with the front beam supported on a heck post and braced. The exposed joists lead to a late 18th-century rectangular stone fireplace with plain jambs and a lintel. To the left of the fireplace is a salt cupboard featuring a 17th-century fluted frieze and handmade hinges, while to the right is a small rectangular window, both with wooden lintels. In the first bay, which serves as the service end, there is a spine beam with stone holes indicating the former presence of a wattle-and-daub partition. On the first floor, a collar-truss with an interrupted tie-beam, raked struts, and a long curved wind brace supports the rear purlin. At the far end of the second bay, likely the former east gable, remnants of timber-framing are visible, including part of the tie beam and two vertical struts.