Building record 1103300000 - IVY FARMHOUSE, SMITHFIELD END

Grade II. House. 2 early C17 bays, extended by 2 bays to east 1626, further single bay extension, dated 1718 on brick, projects to front of left bay. Timber frame with brick infill, mostly of thin brick. Front gable of projection rebuilt in brick C19, ground floor of right-hand bays rebuilt in brick C18. Tiled roof, thin brick chimneys between left bays and at centre, later brick chimneys to right and at junction with projection. One storey and attic. Projection has 4-pane sashes with cambered heads to front. Second bay has 3-light barred wooden casement to ground floor and sash in gabled eaves-line dormer. Right- hand bays have C20 3-light leaded casements, those to first floor in similar dormers. 2-panel door to left of second bay in lean-to porch. Outbuilding of brick and weatherboard with tiled roof to right. RCHM II p. 292 Mon. 22 (B1).




Ivy Farm (formerly Maunders Farm), 345 yards NW of the church. The plan of the house is L-shaped, the main block projecting towards the E, and the short wing towards the S. The main block was built probably at the beginning of the 17th century; at the E end an extension, formerly 2 cottages, now outhouses, added in 1626, the date incised on a piece of wood, taken from a former window-sill; a straight joint marks the junction with the original building; the short wing was added in 1718, the date painted on a brick in the W wall, under the eaves, and the stables at the E end of the extension of 1626 are modern. The main block has been re-faced with modern brick in the lower storey on the S front, and has an original central chimney stack; the extension of 1626 has a contemporary stack at the W end, on which is incised an 18th-century sundial. Interior:- Two of the doors are of old oak battens and a third is of early 17th-century panelling. Condition-Good (B2).

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