Howard Cottage Ivy Cottage

ASHTEAD PARKERS LANE TQ 1857-1957 (south side) 8/35 Nos.1 and 3 (Howard Cottage and Ivy Cottage)

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Formerly known as Ashtead Cottage. Pair of cottages. Probably earlier C17 mostly remodelled c.1800; extended and enlarged. White painted brick, red tiled roof. Single-depth 2-unit plan (each formerly one-up one-down) with one unit added at left end of No.1, and rear extensions to both. Two low storeys; formerly the entrance to each was in the gable wall, but the doorway to No.1 is now in the front wall of the added bay; otherwise, the front wall of each has one 2-centred arched casement window with Y-tracery in the head on each floor, No.1 has a small arched stairlight window above the door, and No.3 has a window at 1st floor of the gable wall like those at the front. Steeply-pitched roof with ridge chimney at the junction, gable chimney at left end. Interior: 1st floor of No.1 has an exposed wall-plate to the rear wall, a large roughly-hewn tie-beam, and 2 windbraces. History: Lawrence's map of Ashtead in 1638 shows a house on this site; in C19 was occupied by domestic staff of Howard House which formerly stood next to it on the west. Reference: Proc.LDLHS VoL5, No.1, 1987.

Listing NGR: TQ1863557820