Former site of a Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1599. It was severely damaged by fire on 14th August 2004 and was subsequently demolished.

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 96 SE LYNSTED NOUDS LANE (west side)
3/93 1-2 Bishop's Cottages
II
House, now 2 cottages. C16. Timber framed and clad with red brick and part plastered, with plain tiled roof. Four framed bays. Road front: two storeys and end jetty right with hipped roof and stacks to centre right and projecting end left. Forward projecting catslide outshot to left with 2 flat roof dormers. One wood casement to each floor to right. Entrance in rear front.
Listing NGR: TQ9574861376
(1)

Following the fire Canterbury Archaeological Trust carried out a survey of the surviving fabric of the building, prior to demolition. The building had been of four bays at one time, but had been much altered before the fire. It originally had end jettied in-line wings to the east and west. An open-hall with an undershot cross passage appears to have been located in the centre of the property. The central chimney and floor were probably inserted into the building in the late 16th or early 17th century. In the 18th century the building was divided into cottages and small out shots added. 18th century graffiti was found in plaster behind panelling. (2)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2004, 1 & 2 Bishop's Cottages, Nouds, Kent: An architectural assessment of a fire damaged building and the recovery of fire damaged material (Unpublished document). SKE18248.