Commemorative plaque 42480

This blue commemorative plaque records: Court House Also known as Ivy House, this was a 16th century town house, extended in the 18th century by Christopher Bassett. Later occupiers include Daniel Durell, headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School, and Elias Bassett, who was a benefactor of Tabernacle Chapel. After his death the house passed to his niece and her husband, William Thomas, then to Illtyd Thomas, father of the antiquarian Marie Trevelyan. Recorded plaque organisation: Llantwit Major Local History Society.

Ivy House, originally a 16th-century town house, gained historical significance through its extensions in the 18th century and associations with notable figures such as Daniel Durell, an influential headmaster, and Elias Bassett, a benefactor of Tabernacle Chapel. The house later became linked to Marie Trevelyan, a renowned antiquarian, through her father Illtyd Thomas.