Ivy Cottage

WEMBWORTHY BRIDGE REEVE SS 61 SE 1/70 Ivy Cottage - GV II

Cottage. Late C18-early C19, possibly earlier core, refurbished circa 1975. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stack topped with C20 brick; thatch roof. 1-room plan cottage built onto northern end of Trixes (q.v.). It is wider and taller and projects forward a little from Trixes. Stack in right (northern) gable end. 2 storeys. 1-window front of C19 casements containing rectangular panes of leaded glass and there is another similar in left return. Right gable end has irregular 2-window front of C20 casements including a small reset C17 oak 2-light window with chamfered mullion on left end. The other ground floor window roughly in the centre is blocking the original doorway. Present door in rear wall. Interior: shows plain carpentry detail. Large rubble fireplace has plain oak lintel. Roof carried on purlins between gable end walls. Cottage may have once been a barn or part of a barn since the owners noticed the internal wall plaster continuous from ground to wall top. Ivy Cottage attractively complements adjoining Trixes (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS6617213322