Ivy House

Ivy House is a house with a core dating back to the 17th century or earlier, significantly enlarged in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with hipped tiled roofs and has off-centre chimney stacks. The house has a complex L-shaped plan. The front of the house is attractively asymmetrical, divided into three parts. The right-hand side features a two-storey, widely projecting semicircular bay with a series of tripartite sash windows in moulded surrounds. The centre of the house is dominated by a three-storey porch tower of 17th-century origin, retaining stone quoins and a string at the first-floor level, with a series of tripartite sash windows over the entrance. The entrance features a moulded surround, cornice, overlight and a six-panel door. A wing set back to the left (covering two-thirds of the frontage) has two windows per floor, with tripartite sash windows throughout, except for the upper floor of the lower, inner section, which has a casement window and a gabled dormer. It has been suggested that the house may originally have been a longhouse, with the original axis running behind the present entrance. The property is attractively situated at the head of the village.