STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7843 (East side) 5/126 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and 23.5.67 carriage entrance to south (formerly listed as Crown Cottages) GV II House row, possibly formerly an inn. Mid C16, restored early C20. Timber framed with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. Approximately 8 timber-framed bays; including 2 stack bays. 2 storeys and cellars. Brick plinth, with stone base to left end. Close-studded. Continuous jetty on moulded bressumer, with moulded solid-spandrel brackets. Mid- height rail to first floor, interrupted by principal posts and by studs flanking windows. Roof half-hipped to left with gablet; to right, hipped with gablet down to lower ridge over right end of main range and over carriage entrance. Brick ridge stacks to second and sixth timber- framed bays from left, with rear brick stack between them and another to right end. Irregular fenestration of 6 leaded 3-light wood mullion casements. 3 ribbed doors with 4-centred-arched heads; one to left stack bay, one towards right end of fourth timber-framed bay from left, and one to right of seventh bay from left, each up a flight of stone steps and with small grilled judas. Arch-braced carriage entrance to right end. Interior not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ7856543164