Ivy House

Ivy House is a late 17th-century house with some minor 19th-century alterations. It is constructed of red brick with steeply pitched tiled roofs, tumbled end parapets set on kneelers, and a Dutch gable end to the wing facing the road. The house has projecting end stacks with offsets. The plan is of a three-room main range with a wing to the road, creating a T-shaped layout. It is two storeys and has attics, with a plain band marking the eaves height and between the storeys. The wing to the road has a segmental parapet on plain brick pilasters, topped by stone ball finials. These pilasters frame the front elevation, which is divided by horizontal bands. There are five original flush frame horizontal sliding sash windows with flat arches. Brick repairs have occurred to the front, rear, and end walls. To the left of the doorway, a recessed hung sash window is visible above, and to the right, a lean-to roof covers a small 19th-century addition. The rear elevation features plain pilasters at the corners and flanking the rear doorway. The front door consists of raised and fielded panels. The original location of the front door is unclear.

Inside, the house retains its original plan of two rooms on either side of a narrower hall and stairbay. The wing to the road contains two window bays. The staircase, dating from approximately 1660, features flat section balusters and an original rail. The ground floor rooms have stop-chamfered spine beams. The doors are of raised and fielded panel construction. It is believed that this house, along with numbers 14 Fen End and 22 High Street, may be connected to Dutch prisoners of war who were used in the construction of the New Bedford River and remained after the peace of 1654.