Ivy Cottages

Ivy Cottages comprise a terrace of four cottages dating to the early to mid-19th century. The cottages are constructed of roughcast stone, likely granite rubble, and have thatched roofs with gabled ends. Brick chimney shafts are present on the left-hand gable end, along the ridge of the centre, and to the right of the centre, with the left-hand gable stack rendered.

The original plan features a terrace of four cottages, each with a single heated room. Each pair shares a lobby entrance. A timber newel staircase is located in the left-hand rear corner of each room, except for No.2, which is a mirror image of its neighbours. Original service rooms at the rear may have been small, unheated lean-to outshuts or single-story wings. Nos. 1, 2, and 4 have 20th-century two-story extensions at the rear, while No.3 has a lean-to which may be original. A single-story and loft outbuilding is situated at right angles to the rear of No.1.

The exterior presents an almost symmetrical four-window range, with shared doorways to the right and left. The right-hand doorway has a 19th-century boarded door, while the left-hand door is more recent with glazed panels. Both doorways appear to have been rendered in the late 19th or early 20th century. Shallow, open-fronted gabled porches with boarded gables are present. Nos. 2, 3, and 4 retain original three-light casement windows with glazing bars. No. 1 has 20th-century plastic windows on the ground and first floors to the left. The remaining first-floor windows are 19th or early 20th-century two-light casements with horizontal glazing bars, although the right-hand window of No.4 has been replaced with a 20th-century metal frame casement of a similar pattern. All ground and first floor windows have later thin driphoods, likely lead or zinc. Four thatched gabled dormers break the eaves, featuring original two-light casements and triangular glazed tympanums with vertical and Y-bars.

Internally, the cottages are largely unaltered. Timber newel staircases are present on all floors, located in the rear left-hand corner of each room, except No.2 where the stair is in the right-hand corner; the first flight of No.3's stair has been replaced. Some original boarded doors with wrought-iron hinges remain. The fireplaces have recently been opened up, and grates removed. The roof structure consists of thin collars halved, pegged and nailed to the face of the principal rafters. Ivy Cottages represent an essentially unaltered terrace of cottages of the first half of the 19th century, retaining their simple plan.