Bedlam

No. 1 and 2 Bedlam is a pair of houses located on School Hill in Lamberhurst. The exterior dates from the 18th century, but it has an older core and was extended in the early 19th century. The earlier rear wing is timber framed and clad with red brick, weatherboarding, and render on the ground floor, while the first floor is tile hung. This wing has been extended with a rendered section on a red brick and sandstone base, and both ranges have plain tiled roofs.

The two parallel ranges include the roadside section, which is one storey high and sits on a plinth. It features a projecting half-hipped single storey wing on a sandstone plinth to the left, with stacks located at the end left, centre right forward of the ridge line, and at the end right. To the left, there is a wooden casement window with an ogee-headed Gothick surround, and to the right, a glazing bar sash window. There is a 20th-century rib and stud door to the centre left with a rectangular fanlight, and a boarded door to the centre right.

The earlier rear range is two storeys high with a half-hipped roof and stacks at both ends. It has three wooden casement windows on each floor, a glazed door to the left, and a boarded door to the right. This property was formerly known as Park Gate Cottages, named after the nearby Court Lodge park. Beneath the cottages, there are caves in the hillside that are associated with smuggling gangs.