Ivy House

Ivy House is a large house with an 18th-century facade built onto a 17th-century core, with substantial 18th and 19th-century extensions to the rear. The main part of the house is constructed of coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof to the front and stone slates at the rear. The symmetrical front range is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and has a three-window arrangement. A half-glazed door with two raised and fielded panels is set under a flat stone hood resting on consoles, and a bulls-eye window is located to the left. The ground and first-floor windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set within stone roll-moulded architraves with keyblocks. Modern gabled dormers have casements with glazing bars. Ashlar quoins are present, and two gable-end chimneys are visible to the front. A rear L-shaped wing incorporates a former barn, featuring 19th-century Gothic-style tracery in its sash windows. Similar sash windows are found at the rear of the two-span right range. Inside, the cellar is barrel-vaulted and contains a blocked stone mullioned window. Other interior features include panelled doors, a cut string staircase with three balusters to each tread, and a large ground-floor fireplace to the left, which has a segmental stone arch. Original features include stopped and chamfered spine beams and a butt purlin roof.