Running from north to south, the Erme valley joins Dartmoor to the sea with Mothercombe and Wonnel beaches at the mouth of the river. At Keaton Bridge, with a bend in the river at the weir, a sluice gate opens to a leat that winds its way parallel to the river, once serving the cider barns that are still evident at Thornham and the Mill at Ermington. Between the river and located in a field adjacent to the leat is Ivy Cottage, a disused 'one up, one down stone house with an oversized chimney and outbuilding built from the stone of a redundant quarry located a field away on the Day Estate. We were appointed by Hugo Day in February 2007 to see whether we could implement a proposal for a traditional form of dwelling that included the demolition of the small house.
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