Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 SOUTH CHURCH STREET 831-1/4/164 (South side) 13/03/51 Ivy House

GV II

House. Mid C17 with remodelled facade dated 1743 on rain-water head. Roughly-coursed limestone with ashlar sandstone dressings; Welsh slate and stone slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with cellar and attics, 5-window range; parallel 2-window range to rear centre. Facade with large quoins; mostly 2/4 sashes. Door to bay 2 has 6-panel door (top panels glazed) in moulded architrave beneath segmental pediment on shaped brackets. Lightly-chamfered 2-light mullioned windows to each bay; bay 3 window is smaller. First floor: bays 1 and 2 have square-faced surrounds to mullioned 2-light windows; bay 3 with 3/6 sash in architrave with double keystone; bay 4 has C17 double-chamfered 2-light mullioned window. Moulded eaves cornice breaks forward over bay 3 window as does a corniced ashlar parapet with panel and end dies. Decorative rain-water hoppers to each end of facade have initials, bird motif and date '1743'; right downpipe is of lead. Coped end gables; 2 renewed ashlar ridge stacks with bands; small end stack on right. Bay 5 is lower and has 2-light casement beneath 6/6 sash. Rear: C17 block to rear centre has large quoins and gable on left. Door to left of centre; 2-light mullioned window to left has 2/4 sashes; various other casements with glazing bars, that to first-floor right in C17 double-chamfered surround. Shaped kneelers and chamfered gable copings; external end stack on right with ashlar shaft. Left return: front range has 2-storey canted bay window with 8/8 sash to each floor. INTERIOR: cellar with stone slabs and access into cave to rear. Ground floor centre has 2 stone fireplaces and stop-chamfered oak beams. Pantry to far right with crinoidal limestone slab and stone trough. Left end room with pine Neo-classical-style fireplace with swags; fielded-panel window reveals; moulded ceiling cornice. Oak stairs with splat balusters of differing designs; various oak studding and beams in the stair area. First-floor right room with oak boarded floor and C17 moulded ashlar fireplace with triangular-headed lintel; ledged and boarded oak door. Far left room with C18 iron grate in eared wooden architrave with dentilled cornice and swags on panel; fielded panel

window reveals; coved ceiling. Rear-left room with oak boards and iron grate in corniced ashlar surround. Attic stair has broad splat balusters and newel post with finial. Exposed oak purlins in attic and a cupboard with butterfly hinges.

Listing NGR: SK2160868418

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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