TQ 56 43 BIDBOROUGH HIGH STREET (south end) 11/18 1 and 2 Sycamore Cottages GV II Pair of cottages. Probably early C19, perhaps earlier. Framed construction, the ground floor hung with painted clay tiles, the first floor weatherboarded; peg-tile roof; brick stacks. Plan: Single depth north-facing range, 3 rooms wide with a possibly original rear right wing and additional rear service rooms. The 2 right hand rooms probably share the axial stack to right of centre, the left end room is heated from a left end stack. Front doors to left of centre and at right end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front with regular fenestration. Post-1956 porch to the left hand door (National Monuments Record photograph). 2- and 3-light C19 or early C20 timber casements with glazing bars. Gable- ended roof, stacks with corbelled brick cornices. Interior: No access to interior at time of survey (1988). Features of interest may survive and an interior inspection might necessitate revising the suggested date. Photograph of 1956 in National Monuments Record. Listing NGR: TQ5648743125