Ivy Cottage Including Front Garden Area Railings And Gate To West

Ivy Cottage is a house dating from around 1840, with extensions added in the late 19th or 20th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble with vermiculated cement quoins, and features a brick extension at the rear. The house has a slate roof with gabled ends and gable-end stacks with short red brick shafts.

The building has a double depth plan, consisting of two main front rooms, a central entrance leading to a stairhall, and service rooms in an integral outshut at the rear right, which was extended on the left in the late 19th or 20th century. The exterior is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window west front. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows from the 19th century in exposed boxing, while the ground floor features windows in moulded architraves that have been replaced by 20th-century French casements. The central doorway is framed by a pilastered doorcase with an entablature and a six-panel door. At the rear, the roof extends over the outshut, and the brick extension on the right includes casement windows with glazing bars and a panelled door at the centre.

Inside, the staircase has stick balusters, a wreathed mahogany handrail, and a turned newel. Much of the original joinery remains, including panelled doors, although the chimneypieces in the front left and right rooms have been replaced. The property also includes 19th-century wrought and cast-iron front garden area railings and a gate, featuring fleur-de-lis finials and scroll stanchions.