Bickley Town Cottages, With Store Sheds At Rear

Bickley Town Cottages, with store sheds at the rear, is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century that was divided into two cottages, likely in the mid 19th century. The structure features brick-nogged oak small framing with narrow panels and large timbers, much of which has been replaced with brick that is painted to resemble framing. The roof is tiled with a steep pitch, having been thatched in the past.

The cottages are two stories high, each with a boarded door set in an open porch topped by a gabled slate roof supported by brackets. They also feature a one-story canted lattice bay window with a hipped slate roof, and above this, a gabled half-dormer lattice casement with bargeboards and finials. Cottage No. 1 includes a narrow staircase lattice window at the center of the front, and both cottages have lattice casements in the end gables. The lattice windows are made of cast iron. Each gable has a projecting brick chimney, along with a central ridge chimney.

At the rear, each cottage has a one-story gabled shed built in the mid 19th century, constructed of brick painted to look like framing. The shed for No. 1 has a slate roof, while No. 2 has been replaced with corrugated asbestos. These sheds were likely built as small farm buildings during the mid 19th century when the Marquess of Cholmondeley promoted giving plots of land to farm workers. Inside, Cottage No. 2 features two large chamfered oak beams, and the plans were altered in the mid 19th century.