Looking north up Willen Road the view is today mostly suburban, but it is immediately obvious that Ivy Cottage on the right belongs to an earlier age. It was originally built at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and was extended in the nineteenth century to both north and south. However it is not the only old building in sight. The garage in the middle distance is the sole surviving farm building of Northend Farm which was occupied by the Waite family in the first half of the twentieth century. This was one of the smaller farms of the village, having several buildings on the right of the road, while the farmhouse, which still exists, was on the left. The modern bungalow to which the garage belongs is called Waite's Barn to commemorate its past.