STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7843 (West side) 5/145 Chestnut Cottage and Kingswood Chemists GV II House pair, now house and shop. Late C18 or early C19. Timber framed, weatherboarded, with plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Wooden eaves cornice of small Ionic modillions. Gabled. Gable end stack to left and rear stack to left of centre. Small 2-light flat-roofed dormer. Irregular fenestration of 3 sashes; two 4-pane and one 12-pane. 2 panelled doors with flat bracketed hoods; one to right of centre & one to right of centre. Interior not inspected. Formerly known as Chestnut Cottage and the Singing Kettle. Included for group value. Listing NGR: TQ7856443169