Ivy House

Ivy House, originally a single house and now divided into two properties, dates back to the 16th century with additions in the 17th century and later to the rear. The building is timber framed and has a rendered façade covered with pebbledash, incorporating fragments of dark glass. The windows have plastered surrounds, and there are plastered bands marking the plinth, first floor, and eaves. The roof is covered in pantiles. The original layout comprised three cells. The house is two storeys high. Most of the windows are late 19th-century sash windows with 4 or 6 panes; a pair of windows on the first floor to the left (No.39) is a notable feature. Two ground floor windows in No.41 have paired louvered shutters. No.39 also has an older tripartite sash window with glazing bars. There are two doorways, each topped with a floating broken pediment. No.39 has a half-glazed 4-panel door, while No.41 features a mid-20th-century 6-panel raised and fielded door with an overlight. Above the doorway of No.41 is a small oval panel with a renewed date of 1696. An internal stack has a rendered shaft. The rear wing is cement-rendered with a pantiled roof, and a stack is situated against the gable end. Inside No.39, close studding is exposed on the upper floor. The ground floor contains an early 17th-century plaster ceiling with detached panels featuring Tudor roses, fleur-de-lys, and foliage motifs. This room also has an early 18th-century fireplace with an eared surround. A dog-leg staircase, dating to around 1700, is located to the rear, featuring wavy splat balusters, panelled square newels, and a moulded ramped handrail. The roof is a queen-post design. The interior of No.41 has not been inspected. The group value of this building lies in its representation of a well-preserved early timber-framed house with significant internal features.