Ivy Cottage

Ivy Cottage is a detached house located on the east side of Fore Street in Silverton. It dates from the 15th or early 16th century and has undergone later alterations. The building is constructed of roughcast cob with some stone and has stone footings. It features a half-hipped thatched roof. Originally, it had a three-room, through-passage plan, with the lower end to the left of the passage and the higher end originally open to the roof. A rear parlour wing creates an overall L-shaped plan. The house has a front lateral external stack with paired set-offs and a brick shaft that heats the hall, while a rear stack, now internal, with a brick shaft heats the parlour. The lower end was once heated by a now dismantled external end stack.

The house is two-storeys high and has a front with a four-window range. The first floor features two-light 19th-century casement windows with three panes per light and margin panes. The ground floor has three similar windows, along with a 20th-century single-light window. The wing includes a three-light casement window with ten leaded panes per light.

Inside, the hall has one and two half beams that are axial and chamfered, with ovolo-mouldings. The fireplace has a deep cavetto moulding on the wooden lintel and stone jambs. There is a roughly chamfered axial beam in the parlour. Although no ancient features are visible in the lower end, it is possible that screens survive on either side of the through-passage. The roof consists of three crucks, which are likely jointed, with an apex that is morticed and pegged, and a diagonal ridge-piece. One collar is cranked while the others are straight and have been replaced. The roofs of the hall and parlour are smoke-blackened, with the parlour being less heavily so than the hall, while the lower end roof is clean.