Ivy Cottage

SS 91 SW LOXBEARE CALVERLEIGH

13/105 Ivy Cottage -

II

Cottage. Circa mid C17 or earlier. Colourwashed and rendered, probably stone with a thatched roof, hipped at ends and continued as a catslide to the rear outshut; central stack with brick shaft. Plan: Single depth main block, 2 rooms wide with back to back fireplaces in a stack in the centre; entrance on front to right of centre partly against the side of the chimneybreast; C19 porch and second entrance on left end wall. Rear outshut may be a later addition; stairs to rear right within outshut. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front; plank and cover strip C19 front door to right of centre; 2- and 3-light small pane timber casements except first floor left which is a probably C18 iron casement with square leaded panes. Painted gabled back porch on left return. Interior: Both ground floor rooms have chamfered stopped cross beams; the right hand fireplace has a chamfered scroll-stopped lintel. On the first floor there is a blocked slit window on the right end wall. Roof timbers not accessible at time of survey (1986) but may be of interest. An unusually small and very unspoilt C17 cottage.

Listing NGR: SS9243114417