Ivy House Farmhouse

Ivy House Farmhouse, incorrectly labelled as Patrington Farm on Ordnance Survey maps, was built in 1856 by S S Teulon for The Crown Commissioners, with later alterations. It is constructed of red-brown brick in English bond, with a concrete pantile roof. The house is approximately square, comprising a two-room front, a central entrance hall facing south, a two-room wing to the rear left, and a twin-gabled range forming an angle. It extends over two storeys.

The south front is symmetrical with three bays. It features a chamfered plinth, and a projecting full-height gabled porch. The porch has a keyed, chamfered round-arched outer entrance with a half-glazed panelled door, alongside a pair of narrow, chamfered round-headed first-floor sashes with glazing bars. Above the entrance is a recessed panel within a chamfered segmental-pointed arch reveal, bearing a lozenge-shaped relief tablet with a crown, royal cypher, and the date in an incised quatrefoil. The gable features stepped eaves, tumbled-in brick, and a decorative lozenge-shaped brick panel. Single round-headed sashes flank the porch. Ground-floor bays have full-length 12-pane sashes in flush wooden architraves beneath keyed segmental arches, while first-floor bays feature 16-pane sashes in flush wooden architraves beneath cambered arches. All ground-floor openings have rubbed-brick stretcher arches with red and blue brick header arches above, and painted raised brick keys. Stepped eaves are present, along with a buttressed end stack to the left, characterised by gableted offsets and a banded shaft.

The west front, originally a secondary facade, includes a 20th-century inserted glazed door and overlight in a lengthened window opening, with a keyed segmental arch similar to that on the south front, flanked by a 12-pane sash to the right and a wide 20th-century 16-pane sash to the left, both set within similar arches. Three original first-floor 12-pane casements are positioned to the left, also beneath cambered arches. A gable to the right displays a decorative flush yellow and red brick round panel, and stepped eaves.

The right return features twin gables, the right one having 9-pane sashes beneath segmental and pointed relieving arches, and a gableted end stack.

The interior is designed in a "Georgian" style, showcasing 6-fielded-panel and 6-beaded-panel doors within architraves, moulded cornices, and an open well staircase with column-on-vase balusters. The inner entrance has a pointed, half-glazed panelled door, an overlight, and sidelights with geometric glazing.

Ivy House Farmhouse is one of a series of mid-19th century buildings commissioned by The Crown Estate and designed by Teulon.