The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 PATRIXBOURNE THE STREET (west side)
Bifrons Cottage TR 1855 28/473
II GV
2. Probably the dower house of Bifrons mansion. Similar to the other cottages ornés in the estate village built or altered in the mid-late C19, but larger. The north-east front is half-H-shaped. Tiled roof with grouped chimney stacks. Two storeys in painted brick, the first floor of the wings faced with roughcast. Three gables. Three windows, casements. The first floor of the wings oversails and is supported on elaborate carved columns. Scalloped bargeboards to the gables. Small bay on the ground floor of the centre portion, including door and flanking lights. The north-west front is of higher elevation. One window. Gable with similar bargeboards and coronet and date 1870. Bay window of 3 tiers of 5 lights on ground and first floors. Small gabled porch to the north-east of this.
Listing NGR: TR1887855357

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.