The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 PETHAM CHURCH LANE
China Court TR 1251 37/518
II
2. Late Mediaeval hall-house of 4 bays. Exposed curved braces and plaster infilling on first floor, ground floor under-built in brick now painted. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with gablets, originally probably smoke louvres, 3 casement windows. External brick chimneystack to south end. Simple doorcase.
Listing NGR: TR1287351526 (1)

Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1506-1541. (2)

End jetty house with a formerly open 2-bay hall. Upper end formerly jettied. Later alterations in the second quarter of the 16th century. (3)

Historic England archive material: BF040069 CHINA COURT, PETHAM File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/521 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of China Court, Petham

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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 49 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.