Ivy Cottage

Ivy Cottage is a group of three cottages that were originally a farmhouse, dating from the early 17th century or earlier. The building was extended by one bay in the 19th century and underwent extensive restoration in 1984. It features a timber frame with square panels, some diagonal tension braces, and brick infill. The roof is tiled and has an off-centre multiple stack. The cottages are one storey with attics and have four windows, which include four modern gabled dormers with bargeboards and four renewed casements with wooden frames. Each cottage has a wooden gabled porch made of brick with tiled roofs and simple oak plank doors. There is a modern brick extension at the rear, which is not of special interest.

Inside No. 1, there are old plank doors and exposed wind-braces and tension braces. No. 2 features jowled posts, wind-braces, a Queen post roof with a deep tie beam, and some traces of wattle and daub. It also has a six-panelled door with original iron hinges and two other doors made of three planks each. The spine beam and joists in this cottage are made of elm. The ceiling in No. 2 suggests it may have originally been a hall house, as the use of elm indicates an inserted ceiling, although much of the original evidence has been lost.