Biddendon Cottage

Biddendon Cottage is a cottage dating from the 18th century, although it may incorporate earlier fabric. It was extended in the late 19th century. The construction is of rendered stone rubble and cob, with a thatch roof, half-hipped at the front and gabled at the rear. A slate roof covers the late 19th century kitchen range. There is a lateral stack to the left side with offsets and a rendered shaft, and a stack with a bread oven projection at the rear gable end.

The cottage is built gable-end to the street, with three rooms in line. A narrow entrance hall passage is now partitioned, running from an entry on the front right side through to the third room at the rear, which was formerly the kitchen and has a separate entrance from the left side. The front room is heated by the lateral stack, with a staircase entering at the rear, dividing the smaller middle room from the entrance hall passage. In the late 19th century, a single-storey, gable-ended kitchen range was added to the rear right side, forming an overall L-shaped plan.

The cottage has two storeys, plus a single-storey kitchen range. The front has a two-window range to the left side. There are 19th-century two-light casements with 6 panes per light above two two-light casements with 3 panes per light, flanking a plank door with a deep reveal. A 20th-century sash window is at the front end, over a 16-paned hornless sash to the left of the 20th-century door. A two-light casement with original leaded lights is on the upper storey to the right side, and a similar casement is to the rear gable end, with the left-hand light replaced.

Internally, some old plank doors survive, mostly with H-L hinges. A single 18th-century turned baluster remains at the head of the stairs. Although there is no access to the roofspace, the feet of three trusses with straight principals suggest the 18th-century roof structure is intact.