Ivy House

Ivy House is a house situated in Bakewell, dating from the mid-17th century with a remodelled facade dated 1743, as indicated by the rainwater head. It is constructed of roughly-coursed limestone with ashlar sandstone dressings, featuring Welsh slate and stone slate roofs. The house is two storeys with a cellar and attics, presenting a five-window range to the front, complemented by a parallel two-window range to the rear. The front facade exhibits large quoins and predominantly 2/4 sash windows. The entrance door, located in the second bay, is a six-panel design with glazed upper panels, set within a molded architrave beneath a segmental pediment supported by shaped brackets. The windows are mostly mullioned, with lightly-chamfered two-light designs in each bay; the window in the third bay is smaller. The first floor has square-faced surrounds to the mullioned windows in bays one and two, while bay three features a 3/6 sash window within an architrave with a double keystone. Bay four retains a 17th-century double-chamfered two-light mullioned window. A molded eaves cornice projects forward above the third-bay window, as does a corniced ashlar parapet with panel detailing and end dies. Decorative rainwater hoppers, marked with initials, a bird motif, and the date '1743', are positioned at each end of the facade; the right-hand downpipe is lead. The house has coped end gables and renewed ashlar ridge stacks with bands, along with a small end stack on the right. A lower bay to the right, also with a 2-light casement beneath a 6/6 sash window, completes the front elevation. The rear features a 17th-century block with large quoins and a gable on the left. A door is positioned to the left of centre, accompanied by a two-light mullioned window to the left, which has 2/4 sashes. Various casements with glazing bars are also present, with one first-floor window in a 17th-century double-chamfered surround. The rear incorporates shaped kneelers, chamfered gable copings, and an external end stack with an ashlar shaft. A two-story canted bay window is found on the left return, featuring 8/8 sash windows on each floor. The cellar contains stone slabs and access to a cave at the rear. The ground floor's central space includes two stone fireplaces and stop-chamfered oak beams. A pantry, located to the far right, is notable for its crinoidal limestone slab and stone trough. A left-end room displays a pine, Neo-classical style fireplace with swags, fielded-panel window reveals, and a molded ceiling cornice. The interior oak staircase boasts splat balusters of varying designs, while the stair area retains original oak studding and beams. The first-floor room to the right features an oak-boarded floor and a 17th-century molded ashlar fireplace with a triangular-headed lintel, alongside a ledged and boarded oak door. The far-left room has an 18th-century iron grate within an eared wooden architrave adorned with a dentilled cornice and swags on the panel, complemented by fielded-panel window reveals and a coved ceiling. A rear-left room features oak boards and an iron grate in a corniced ashlar surround. The attic stair has broad splat balusters and a newel post with a finial, while the attic itself has exposed oak purlins and a cupboard with butterfly hinges.