Ivors

Ivors is a hall-house that dates from the late 15th century, with additions made in the 16th and 20th centuries. Following bomb damage during the Second World War, the lower end and part of the former hall were demolished, leaving slightly more than half of the hall and the solar end intact. The ground floor is constructed of painted brick, with some exposed framing, while the upper part is tile-hung on the right side. Above the jetty over the ground floor, there is painted plaster that rests on exposed brackets to the left. The right return side and rear feature stock brick elevations. The roof is plain tile, with a stack on the left slope and a ridge stack on the right end. The left return gable has exposed framing and roughcast infilling, along with 16th-century scalloped barge-boards. There is a 19th-century gable semi-dormer, also with exposed framing and roughcast infilling. The building has two storeys, with two windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor, all featuring casements. A door is located to the right of the left-hand window, beneath the right-hand end of the jetty. This four-panel door may have been moved from a neighbouring window position and has a flat door hood, possibly from the 18th century. At the rear, there is a two-storey brick extension from the 20th century and a one-storey brick garage to the right.

Inside, the drawing room features an inserted 16th-century ceiling with chamfered beams. There is a chamfered wooden fireplace bressumer shaped like a very wide and shallow four-centred arch. Decorated wall-posts formally divide the hall in half and support a tie-beam with arched bracing, which is now in the bedroom above. A tie-beam with arched bracing from the solar is exposed in the wall between the bathroom and passage, as well as in a smaller bedroom. The crown-post of the solar wing survives, but the crown-post roof over the hall has been rebuilt.