Ivy Lodge

Ivy Lodge is a building that started as a lodge, later became a farmhouse, and is now a private house. It was likely built around 1806, with significant additions made in the late 19th century. The structure is made of stone rubble and features slated roofs that are mostly hidden by parapets, except for a late 19th-century farm building to the right. There are red brick chimneys at the rear.

The building has two storeys, and the original lodge resembles a Gothic gatehouse. Its slightly recessed center has a wide carriage-gate with a moulded, almost four-centred arch, which is unusual because the sides are straight. Inside the opening are cast-iron gates that hang from open-work gateposts, all decorated with quatrefoils and trefoils. The archway features a ribbed vault, and on either side, there are moulded doorways with pointed arches and studded panelled doors. At the rear, there is a matching four-centred arch. To the left of the front arch, there is a slit window, and to the right, a small wooden casement window. The upper storey has three slit windows shaped like crosses, with small circles at the ends of the arms. The building is topped with a tall battlemented parapet at both the front and back.

To the left of the gatehouse is a square tower, which appears to have been added in the late 19th century, along with substantial living accommodation at the rear. The front of this addition is also battlemented to match the gatehouse, and it features a two-storey canted bay window that is battlemented as well. The windows throughout the building are sash windows, with those in the centre having margin panes.

To the right is a long, plain former farm building, which has a single wooden casement window with glazing bars at the left-hand end of the upper storey.

Historically, the lodge is said to have belonged to Yeotown House, which was built by RN Incledon in 1806. A drawing of Yeotown House exists, but not of the lodge itself, in the North Devon Athenaeum.