Description

MAWGAN-IN-PYDAR BALL LANE
SW 86 NE
1/67 Ivy Cottage
- II

School, now house. Circa 1820, including re-used materials of C17; C20 alterations
and additions. Stone rubble and cob, rendered. Asbestos slate roof with gable ends.
Gable end stack to right with brick shaft.
Plan: Single room for a school room, heated from a stack At the right gable end and
with a porch entrance at centre of front. Divided internally in C20 with a rear
addition.
Exterior: Single storey, asymmetrical front with porch set off-centre to left. The
porch has a steep gable, re-used C17 granite doorway with 4-centred arch and recessed
spandrels, plank door. In the gable a round-arched niche on a corbel, with painted
lettering in upper case of C19, IVY COTTAGE. To right and left is a 3-light window,
with round-arched lights. The right end is blind with a small single storey lean-to.
The left end formerly had a similar 3-light window, now blocked.
Rear has C20 single storey lean-to.
Interior: Not inspected.
Ivy Cottage was used as a school for the Carnanton estate; it became a house after
the St Mawgan School (q.v.) was built in 1863.

Listing NGR: SW8720065273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437063

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)