All The Medieval Monuments In The Garden Of No 3 (Ivy House)

The garden of No. 3 (Ivy House) contains a collection of medieval architectural fragments gathered from various East Riding churches, primarily assembled in the 18th and 19th centuries by James Iveson, who resided at Ivy House from 1807.

A series of features are arranged within the garden. Steps are located opposite the front door of the house and are flanked by sections of a deeply moulded 14th-century ashlar pier. A chamfered compound pier, likely from the 14th century, stands approximately 3 feet high and is positioned 5 yards west of the house’s north-west corner. An arcade is constructed from fragments of elaborate 13th and 14th-century mouldings, situated just south of a structure known as Albina’s Tomb.

Albina’s Tomb itself is a small summerhouse constructed of fragments, possibly from Kilnsea or Owthorne. It has a hammer-dressed stone front wall, a moulded cornice, and a 14th or 15th-century parapet. A late 15th-century ashlar gable features a 2-light chamfered window, with ogee tracery in each light. A late 12th or early 13th-century round-arched doorway is flanked by pilasters, also of likely 12th or 13th-century origin, with moulded profiles and capitals. These pilasters incorporate sculpted figures—a Bishop and a King, likely from the 13th century. The interior of Albina’s Tomb reveals voussoirs from a 12th-century door ornamented with zig-zag and nailhead patterns, along with voussoirs of a 2-centered lancet. The east side displays a hood mould of a round-arched door and two 14th-century foliage capitals. The north side exhibits the voussoirs of a chamfered lancet with nearly straight shanks. A 14th-century doorhead with traceried cusps and foliate capitals is also present, along with clustered colonnettes forming a respond corbel on the west wall. A cartouche is inscribed with the words, "THIS MARKET CROSS WAS ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1733 BY WILLIAM PULTNEY, ESQ." A spiral ashlar staircase, leading to the external parapet, is positioned on the south-west side.

An ashlar archway, with 2-centred jambs, moulded details, and chamfered voussoirs is situated about 10 yards west of Albina's Tomb; it's purportedly from Hollyme. Adjacent to this is a 15th-century arcade with cusped arches, a cornice with dog-tooth ornament, and two sculpted angel heads, roughly 3 yards west of the previous feature, possibly from the west front of Hedon church. Two 14th-century compound piers with moulded capitals stand 3 yards west of this arcade, with origins reputedly at Marfleet. A tomb or chantry, reassembled from fragments and dating to the 14th century, is said to be linked, in one account, to the original Percy tomb at Beverley. Another account suggests it resembles the original Percy tomb. Finally, a doorway reconstructed from fragments likely from the 15th century, originates from the west door of Holy Trinity, Hull.