Description

BIDDLESTONE BIDDLESTONE
NT 90 NE
15/23 Kennel Cottages
c.300 yards north
of Biddlestone
Home Farm

II

2 cottages. 1844. Ashlar with Welsh slate roof.

Tudor style. 2 storeys, 3 bays.

Rusticated quoins, chamfered plinth and rusticated lower course of masonry.

Slightly-projecting cross-gabled centre bay has rusticated quoins also.

On ground floor, 3-light mullioned windows with diamond-paned sashes under
hoodmoulds. Similar 2-light windows above, those in outer bays in gabled half-
dormers.

Central gable has kneelers, ridged coping and obelisk finial. Gabled half-
dormers are similar but with hat-shaped finials.

Hipped roof with 2 cross-axial tripartite octagonal ridge stacks.

On both returns doorways with moulded surrounds and hoodmoulds in corniced stone
porches. To right the porch is open and has 6-panelled inner door. Porch to
left has boarded door.

Interior has contemporary fireplaces, iron ranges, 6-panelled doors and shutters.

Listing NGR: NT9519908469

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293229

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)