Ivy Bank House

Ivy Bank House was originally called Exe View and in 1844 it was owned by Richard Hart Chamberlain along with a small property, Zephyr Cottage. In 1851 Chamberlain occupied Zephyr Cottage. Ambrose P. Jarvis, an ironmonger occupied Exe View.

In 1863 the Trustees of the late Ambrose Jarvis sold Exe View and four houses known as Walnut Cottages. Arthur Mackey, Honourable Secretary of Devon and Exeter Hospital and Sheriff of Exeter (1891) purchased Zephyr Cottage and the land around it, renaming it in the process.

Henry Wippell (Mayor of Exeter 1909-1910) bought Ivybank by auction at Rougemont Hotel in 1897. In 1913, the executors of Wippell’s will sold lvybank to Devon County Council. The house was converted to a Chest Clinic Sanatorium for treatment of tuberculosis patients.

In 1914 two pavilions were erected to provide accommodation for 20 patients.

There were proposals to replace lvybank and build a bacteriological laboratory in the grounds of Ivybank. By 10th March 1939, a downscaled proposal to abandon lvybank TB Hospital was made. This did not happen and lvybank limped on.

In 1943 the Public Health Committee discussed the shortage of staff at Ivybank, resulting in its closure. Ivybank Hospital was re-opened on August 28th and eleven patients were admitted.

Ivybank continued to provide chest X-rays under the NHS throughout the 1950s and 1960s as an outpatient clinic, but was otherwise used for administration. By 1989 the focus of Ivybank had changed, heralding its current use by the Council Youth Offending Team.