[TQ 74604459] Worthing House, Fern House [NAT]. (1) White Lyon House (formerly listed as Worthing House and Fern House) High Street. Grade II* Formerly (and possibly originally) public house, subsequently house and shop, latterly house pair, now house. Later 15th c, with additions and alterations of early-to-mid 16th c, later 16th c or early 17th c, and 19th c. (2)

Description from record TQ 74 SW 39:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 7444 MARDEN HIGH STREET (north side)
5/62 White Lyon House 23.5.67 (Formerly listed as Worthing House and Fern House)
GV II*
Formerly (and possibly originally) public house, subsequently house and shop, latterly house pair, now house. Later C15, with additions and alterations of early-to-mid C16, later C16, late C16 or early C17, and C19. Timber framed. Main range red brick in Flemish bond, with exposed framing to first floor of right gable end. Chequered red and grey brick to ground floor of front wing, and tile-hanging to first floor. Plain tile roof. C15 open hall of two roughly equal-length open hall bays, with storeyed bay to each end. Early - to -mid C16 rear wing of 2 timber-framed bays added to left, apparently with slight internal gap between it and main range. Possibly somewhat later C16 timber-framed bay added to rear to right, inset from right gable end and overlapping right end and right hall bays. Late C16 or early C17 bay added to front of right end bay, also slightly overlapping right hall bay. Early C19 bay added to rear of left wing. Left end and left hall bays altered in C19 and C20. Main range 1 1/2 storeys, except 2-storey right end bay with cellar under. Rear wings 2 storeys, front wing 2 storeys and garret. Right gable end of main range close-studded, with underbuilt jetty. Rear gable-end jetty and first-floor tension braces to rear right wing. Roof of main range half-hipped to left. Slightly higher ridge to right end bay with half hip to right. Eaves and ridge of front right wing of similar height to right end bay, and roof half-hipped to front. Rear right wing hipped to rear. Projecting red brick gable end stack to left. Multiple red and grey brick stack to junction of right end bay and front right wing. Irregular fenestration of 3 windows; two three-light leaded dormers with lean-to roofs to main range, and one small four-light leaded casement to front right wing, with former shop window to ground floor below. Six-light leaded ovolo-moulded mullion first-floor window with diamond subsidiary mullions and two-light frieze windows to right gable end of main range. Ribbed door with flat consoled hood to right end of left hall bay, and boarded door under stack to left side of front right wing. Lean-tos to right side of left wing and rear of main range. Interior: exposed framing. Moulded and brattished right end-of-hall beam, with broadly-spaced studding under it morticed for bench, and braced partition above. First floor of right end bay has close-studded rear wall, hollow- chamfered wall-plates, tie-beam and posts and cambered hollow- chamfered axial tie-beam with solid-spandrel braces. Rear left wing has moulded octagonal crown post on cambered hollow-chamfered tie- beam, with solid-spandrel braces carved on each face with a different design (rose, pomegranate etc.). Chamfered inserted axial beam and joists to right hall bay. Brick fireplaces in English bond, with wooden bressummers to right stack. Chamfered axial beam and joists and shaped jowled posts to front right wing. Attics to right end not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ7459644594 (3)

<1> OS 1:2500 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48222.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent 23 March 1987 40 (OS Card Reference). SKE40972.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.