The Wealden Hall Restaurant, London Road, East Malling and Larkfield. Grade II*. Farmhouse, now restaurant. Late C14 to right with mid C17block to left. [For full description see list]. (1) Larkfield. Timber framed group of buildings on the A20, of all shapes and dates, the centrepiece a rather grand early 15th century Wealden hall-house. The ends project on curved corner-pieces, the framing widely spaced with curved braces. Traceried window in the solar end. Two crown posts in the roof. Owned by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, so Georgian sash windows and whitewash on the brick-nogging and even on the exposed timber framing remain. (2)
TQ 7058 The Maidstone Area Archaeological Group excavated the garden of 773 London Road, Larkfield in 1976 (773 London Road is centred at TQ 70355830) (3,4)

Description from record TQ 75 NW 329:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST MALLING & LARKFIELD LONDON ROAD TQ 75 NW (south side) 8/163 The Wealden Hall - Restaurant
- II*
Farmhouse, now restaurant. Late C14 to right with mid C17 block to left. MAIN BLOCK. Exposed timber-framing with curved braces and brick infilling. 1st floors of service and solar ends jettied forward on brackets and joists. Dragon post to right. Central recess with eaves carried on 2 curved braces. Plain tiled hipped roof with gablets, 1 gabled dormer to left, central stack off-ridge to front and end stack to right. 2 storeys; irregular 2 window front, all win- dows being in central recess except on ground floor with one window on left hand side of ground floor under right hand jetty. All windows glazing bar sashes, except non-opening window with glazing bars on ground floor to right. Arched doorway to right of recess with C20 boarded and ribbed door and 2 storey bay window to left. EXTENSION. Timber-framed, exposed on 1st floor, with red brick dressings. Coursed rubble stone ground floor with red brick dressings. Plain tiled roof with central ridge stack. 2 storeys and cellars; irregular 2 window front, glazing bar sashes except casement on 1st floor to left. One segment- headed collar light to right. C20 boarded and ribbed door with pentice hood, off-centre to left. REAR OF MAIN BLOCK. Gabled stair-tower to rear. INTERIOR. Hall, floored over, with collar-purlin roof and crown-post. Longitudinal crown- post roof over 1st floor of service-end, which may be remains of upper floor hall, from which the house was later extrapolated.
Listing NGR: TQ7035158303 (5)

Historic England archive material: BF039737 THE WEALDEN HALL RESTAURANT, EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD

<1> DOE(HHR)Dist of Tonbridge and Malling Kent 1987 59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41364.

<2> The Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 367 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50152.

<3> Arch Cant 92 1976 252 PE Oldham (OS Card Reference). SKE36103.

<4> RCHME Excav Index Tonbridge and Malling Kent 6-7 PRN 16761 (OS Card Reference). SKE48995.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.