Vine Cottage

Vine Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century, with possible remodeling of an earlier building and a 19th-century extension. Constructed of limestone rubble walls, the cottage has a steeply pitched hipped slate roof with a coved cornice at the sprocketted eaves. Rendered rubble axial and gable-end brick stacks are present, the right-hand gable stack being rendered. The house follows a double-depth plan with a central entrance hall and two principal front rooms, possibly with smaller service rooms behind. Principal rooms are heated by gable-end stacks, and a one-room extension was added in the 19th century to the right end, also matching the style and heated by a gable-end stack. Further rear additions likely date to the 19th century. The asymmetrical five-window front includes a symmetrical three-window section with a central door to the original house and a two-window extension to the right, marked by a straight joint. All windows are circa mid-19th century sashes, set within original openings and featuring flat brick arches with narrow projecting keystones, replicated in the 19th-century extension. A 20th-century gabled conservatory/porch with a partly glazed door is also present, along with a fire insurance mark above a window above the front door. A low stone wall immediately in front of the house is topped with iron railings featuring patterned wrought iron panels. The interior was inaccessible at the time of survey but may contain good 18th-century features. Vine Cottage occupies a prominent position in the centre of Ipplepen, and its relatively unspoiled 18th-century facade contributes significantly to the character of the street.