Ivy House

Ivy House is an 18th-century building located on the west side of Church Street in Warminster. It is two storeys high with an attic and part of it has a basement. The structure is built of brick on a projecting rubble plinth with a moulded capping and features a moulded stone cornice topped with an old tiled roof.

The left side of the house is original, while the right side has undergone later alterations, though both parts maintain a harmonious appearance. The older section of the front displays a complete design, featuring two segmental-headed dormers with small cornices and key blocks. There are three windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, alongside a tall six-panel door positioned to the right within a deep recess. This door is framed by a painted stone surround with a moulded architrave, supported by an outer rusticated frame with console brackets, a modillioned triglyph entablature that is broken over the brackets, and a moulded open pediment. Above the door, there is a semi-circular fanlight with a tympanum that has a carved wood pattern forming the interlaced initials S and W, adorned with leaf ornamentation. Additionally, there are two two-light cellar windows.

The older right wing was remodelled in the mid-19th century, which altered its elevation to three storeys with a plain brick gable. This section has two windows on both the first and ground floors, with glazing bar sashes, except for one casement window on the second (attic) floor. The stone lintels above these windows are grooved like the brickwork. A modern linking bay connects to a stable block.

Ivy House is set back from the road and features 18th-century angle rusticated stone piers with early 19th-century spearhead railings and a gate. At the rear, there is an older two-and-a-half storey wing with three dormers, altered fenestration on the first floor, and a stone mullion window on the ground floor. The doorpiece at the rear is notable, featuring a stone architrave, a relieving arch with herringbone brick infill, and an inverted triangle of tumbled brick above. Some wind braces have been retained in the roof. Inside the main part of the house, the staircase has flat lozenge pattern rails.