Building record 5432/4/1 - Ivy Bank & Ivy Cottage

House, formerly farmhouse. Late C17th, altered C19th and C20th. Coursed squared ironstone, C20 plain-tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks on stone bases, except for brick end stack to left.

{1} House, formerly farmhouse. Late C17th, altered C19th and C20th. Coursed squared ironstone, C20 plain-tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks on stone bases, except for brick end stack to left. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Entrance front faces yard and has central C20 door in C20 window porch. Blocked door to right with stop-chamfered wood lintel. A 3-light C20 casement window to far right with moulded stone surround of original mullion window (sill lowered). A 3-light casement to left, with timber lintels. Two gabled dormer windows either side of small rectangular dormer. Quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Attached cottage to right, probably late C18, of coursed ironstone and limestone rubble with corrugated asbestos roof and brick end stack. 2-unit plan. 2-storey, 2-window range. Plank door to right of centre, a 3-light casement window to left, and one-light window to right, all with stop-chamfered wood lintels. 3-light casement to first floor with wood lintels. Interior: Ivy Bank has chamfered spine beams.
Ivy Cottage has brick-lined cellar with stop-chamfered spine beam.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/97 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Maidford (Photographs). SNN112797.

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Jul 25 2022 10:32AM