Ivydene

Ivydene is a house dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, likely with earlier origins. It is a rendered timber-frame building with wattle and daub infill, with the south wall covered in brick. The roof is steeply pitched and slate-covered, featuring a right ridge stack and a left end stack. The house follows a three-unit lobby-entry plan, with a single storey and attic. The front features three 20th-century casement windows and a six-panel door centrally positioned in front of the stack. Three gabled dormers light the attic space, and a lean-to extends from the left end with a small window above. Further casements, a lean-to, and a rear entrance are found within a porch to the rear.

The interior reveals close-studded timber framing in all three units, along with massive jowled posts and curved bracing. Chamfered bridging beams and timber-framed partitions are also present. The roof is plastered, but the steep pitch suggests the original roof structure likely remains. A large stack incorporates a later fireplace and oven built into a larger blocked fireplace. The house features plank and panelled doors, and a diamond-mullioned window is partly visible on the first floor of the south-east room. Evidence suggests the stack might be a later insertion, and the northern unit could be earlier than the lobby-entry and southern unit, which were rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century. This house retains significant features from the late 16th or early 17th century, or potentially even earlier.