East Wing and West Wing

The Old Cloth Hall comprises the East Wing and West Wing, dating primarily to the 15th century. Later alterations and additions occurred in the 17th century. This building was once the dwelling-place and workshop of cloth workers who were numerous in Biddenden during the Middle Ages. It was subsequently divided into eight houses, separated on the ground and first floors but interconnected in the attics, and is now two residences.

The main structure is a timber-framed range with plaster infilling. The east end, facing the road, was added or altered in the 17th century and features close-studded work on the ground floor, largely rebuilt in painted brick. The roof is tiled, with six small gables, some adorned with carved bargeboards. Most windows are casements with diamond-shaped leaded panes. An east-facing bay extends across the ground and first floors with a two-tiered window of seven lights, featuring wooden mullions and transoms. Above, three oriel windows of five lights are found on the first floor, the westernmost supported by two wooden brackets, the others by plaster coves. A slight projection exists on the ground floor with a sloping tiled roof and a roundheaded recess, located between the easternmost oriel window and the east-facing bay. The building is two storeys high with attics in gables, containing eight windows facing north.

The east front features a single window that oversails from a moulded bressumer and brackets on its first floor. Above this is an oversailing gable displaying the date 1672 and the initials "E S" (Edmund Stede). A ground-floor bay with seven lights and a matching oriel window above, with a plaster cove, are also present. The south front is faced with red brick on the ground floor and tile hanging above, presenting seven gables, some of which oversail. A projecting bay on the first floor is visible beneath the easternmost gable.