Ivy Dear Cottage

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TM 17 SW 3/156

YAXLEY MELLIS ROAD (NORTH SIDE) Ivy Dear Cottage

(Formerly listed as Ivy Cottage)

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House, latterly three dwellings. Early to mid C17 in 2 builds, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Thatched roof. Three cell plan: parlour and stack bays to right as earlier surviving section, three hall and service bays to left appear to be a subsequent rebuilding. One storey and attic throughout. Central C20 projecting lean-to entrance porch, C20 windows, to far left and on upper storey earlier two-light glazing bar casements, central eyebrow thatched two-light dormer. Two ridge stacks to right and to left of centre, that to left slightly larger. Left or service end roof hipped with catslide over a clay lump lean-to outshut. Right or parlour gable end two-light casements, exposed plates and purlins. To rear two-light casements and to left one storey C20 pantiled outbuildings.

Interior: parlour has close studding, stop chamfered axial binding beam, cranked braces in walling, removed arched braces to cambered tie beams. Hall has an ogee stopped fireplace bressumer, stop chamfered cross axial binding beams, jowled storey posts, arched braces to a tie beam, all reroofed.

Listing NGR: TM1157474356