Becketts House

Becketts House is a detached house located on Tinhead Road in Edington. It dates from around 1600, with an extension added to the south in the mid-17th century and a parlour wing added to the northwest around 1700. The earliest part features square-panelled timber framing, while the 17th-century sections are constructed from rubble stone and dressed limestone. The house has a two-span tiled roof with paired ashlar stacks.

The building consists of two parallel ranges and has a baffle entry at the former gable end of the earliest range. It is two stories high and has five windows. To the left of the centre, there is a six-panelled studded door with the date 1623 scratched into one panel. To the left of this door is a 4-light casement window, and to the right, there is a 4-light leaded casement, a 20th-century recessed door, and a 2-light casement. The first floor features a string course and two 2-light casements on the mid-17th-century stone range to the left, while the timber-framed part on the right has two 2-light casements, a fixed window, and a 3-light casement.

The left return has 20th-century casements and a 3-light wooden mullioned casement on the ground floor. The right return includes casements on the front range, while the 17th-century rear range has 3-light and 2-light ovolo-mullioned casements with hoodmoulds at the gable end. The rear of the house features mullioned casements and string courses.

The interior was not accessible during the survey in July 1986, but it was recorded by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in 1979. The 1600 range includes a hall with cross beams and a mid-17th-century plaster ceiling decorated with roses, birds, and lions. It has an open fireplace with a Tudor-arched moulded surround and a blocked window with arched lights in the former external south wall. The contemporary cross wing on the west side retains its original roof. The mid-17th-century south range has a two-span roof, an open fireplace with a chamfered lintel on stone jambs, and chamfered beams, likely added as a service range. The early 18th-century parlour range features unchamfered beams and a bolection-moulded fireplace with a cornice on the ground floor. The house is likely associated with the Whitaker family of clothiers.