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| HER Number | MWB22226 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Ivy House, Post Office Road, Inkpen |
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Summary
Unlisted brick dwelling of at least late 19th century date, probably a farmhouse but also used as offices for the adjacent 20th century saw mill until conversion back to residential use
Monument Type(s):
- FARMHOUSE (Late 19th century - 1871 AD to 1900 AD)
- OFFICE (Late 20th century - Present - 1983 AD to 1986 AD)
Full Description
Ivy House in Post Office Road is an unlisted detached brick house of one and a half storeys. It has dormer windows with barge boards facing the road, and many windows have sashes. There is some decorative brick work on the walls and chimneys <1>.
On the First Edition OS map of 1879 the house is shown within an unnamed small yard <2>, and it is likely to have served as a farmhouse to a smallholding. A well to the right of the front porch is shown on the Second Edition map of 1899 <3>. The farmyard and outbuildings had been greatly extended, especially to the north-west, by the time of the Third Edition map of 1911 <4>. This expansion may have been linked to the early development of the saw mill (MWB21200) that dominated the site by the time of the Fifth Edition map of 1972 <5>. On the Fifth Edition map, the dwelling had been extended at the rear.
A 1983 planning application was approved to extend and link Ivy House and convert the existing forge into office accommodation as part of New Mill Industries <6>. Further applications in 1986 were approved to convert the offices back into a single residential dwelling <7>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | 2001-. Google Earth Aerial Photographs and Street View Imagery. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB147297] |
| <02> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <03> | Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14455] |
| <04> | Landmark. 1912-24. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 3, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 25 inches to a mile. [Map / SWB14456] |
| <05> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <06> | Newbury District Council. 1974-2000. Newbury District Council Planning Applications 1974-2000. 83/19392/ADD. [Index / SWB148104] |
| <07> | Newbury District Council. 1974-2000. Newbury District Council Planning Applications 1974-2000. 86/27065/ADD and 86/27755/ADD. [Index / SWB148104] |
Related Monuments
| MWB21200 | Site of Saw Mill, Inkpen (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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