Smithcombe House, Biddestone, Wiltshire, SN14 (Grade II)

BIDDESTONE CUTTLE LANE ST 8673 9/30 No. 5 (Smithcombe House)

House, early C18, squared rubble and stone tiled roof. Coped gables, saddlestone to left, stack to right end. 2-storey, 3- window range of bead moulded stone mullion windows. Three 2-light windows above, two 3-light windows below. Continuous dripcourse. Central C20 stone porch with hipped stone tile roof, replacing timber porch with hipped roof. To left, rubble stone extension, 2 storey with stone tiled roof and brick end wall stack on stone base. Door and 2-light mullion window below, C20 metal window above. Previously a bakehouse, large bread oven projects outward into attached ‘T’-plan left end extension, a single storey shed with wooden doors and, at right angles, a rubble stone stable with loft over. Door and window below, plank door above. Pantiled roofs. Timber C20 lean-to garage at left end. Deeds said to date from 1715.