Ivy House

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Buildings at the port of Inveraray. Ivy House is on the right of the three buildings.

Ivy House is a residential building near the shores of Loch Fyne in the Scottish town of Inveraray . It is the westernmost of the three buildings along the northwestern Front Street and around the corner from the Front Street and The Ave . The house is located directly on the A83 , which connects the south of the Argyll and Bute region to the Kintyre peninsula with the Central Belt . In 1966 Ivy House was listed in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.

Construction began in 1755 and the building was completed after two years of construction. It is based on the plans of the Scottish architect John Adam , who also designed other houses in the planned town of Inveraray, which was then under construction . Chamberlain's House , two houses to the east, is practically identical. Ivy House is one of the oldest buildings in the city center.

description

The two-story building is towered over by the neighboring Town House (Inveraray) by one story. It has typical features of Georgian architecture . Ivy House is entered through a small porch that protrudes from the front and ends with a hipped roof . This does not correspond to the original condition and was only added later. The porch is symmetrically surrounded in three axes by lattice windows. On the front side, three dormers with hipped roofs illuminate the rooms of the attic. The edges of the building are decorated with offset corner stones. Another decorative ribbon is located below the windows on the upper floor. Ivy House closes with a slate-covered gable roof . All facades are plastered using the traditional Harling technique.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Ivy House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 56 ° 13 '53.3 "  N , 5 ° 4' 23"  W.