Ivy House

WORCESTER

SO85SW MALVERN ROAD 620-1/3/426 (East side) 22/05/54 No.199 Ivy House Formerly Listed as: LOWER WICK Ivy House)

GV II

House. c1780 with later additions and alterations including mid C19 bay windows. For Mr Boughton, nurseryman. Reddish-pink brick in Flemish bond with plain tile roof; end brick stacks with oversailing courses. 2 storeys with attic to gable, 3 first-floor windows. First floor has central round-arched staircase 6/6 sash in flush frame with Gothic glazing bars to head and with round arch of rubbed brick, imposts and keystone; otherwise first floor has 8/8 flush-framed sashes with flat arches of rubbed brick and raised keystones. Ground floor has 2 bow windows with 8/8 sashes, curved on section, with flat arches of rubbed brick and keystones. Central entrance a 6-panel door with fanlight with Gothic glazing bars to head in doorcase with open pediment on slender corbel brackets. Crowning modillion eaves band. 3/3 sash to left gable. INTERIOR: retains original plasterwork and joinery including 4-panel doors and has dogleg staircase with probably early C18 rod-on-vase balusters with square knops said to have been inserted early-mid C20. Forms a good group with No.201, said to have been built for Boughton's son.