Description from record TQ 83 SW 12:
(TQ 84463126 - sited from HHR map) 5272 ROLVENDEN HASTINGS ROAD (north-east side) Nos 2, 4 and 6 (also known as St Mary's Cottages or Church Cottages) TQ 8431 18/282 16.8.62. Grade II*. One building. Rectangular building facing the churchyard on one side and the road on 2 sides. C18. The level of the ground is higher facing the churchyard, so that on this side the building has 2 storeys and attics and on the other side 3 storeys, 3 windows facing east and west, 2 windows facing north. Faced with weatherboarding grooved to imitate masonry. Hipped tiled roof. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Glazing bars intact. The east front facing the churchyard has 2 bays on ground and first floors and a doorway between with grooved pilasters, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 moulded panels. The north front facing the village has a wooden gallery built up on the first floor, and approached from this, is a contemporary shop front (not now used as such) consisting of a curved shop window complete with glazing bars with a doorway on each side flanked by narrow pilasters with half-glazed doors and a projecting cornice above the whole. The west front facing Hastings Road has a long thin centre window which lights the staircase. (1) At the south end of Rolvenden village street is a white square, early 19th century house, with weatherboarding grooved in imitation of stone, a bowed shop window looking down the street, and a prim house-front towards the churchyard. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROLVENDEN HASTINGS ROAD 1. 5272 (north-east side) has 2, 4 and 6 (also known as St Mary's Cottages or Church Cottages) TQ 8431 18/282 16.8.62. II* GV
2. One building. Rectangular building facing the churchyard on one side and the road on 2 sides. C18. The level of the ground is higher facing the churchyard, so that on this side the building has 2 storeys and attics and on the other side 3 storeys, 3 windows facing east and west, 2 windows facing north. Faced with weatherboarding grooved to immitate masonry. Hipped tiled roof. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Glazing bars intact. The east front facing the churchyard has 2 bays on ground and first floors and a doorway between with grooved pilasters, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 moulded panels. The north front facing the village has a wooden gallery built up on the first floor, and approached from this, is a contemporary shop front (not now used as such) consisting of a curved shop window complete with glazing bars with a doorway on each side flanked by narrow pilasters with half-glazed doors and a projecting cornice above the whole. The west front facing Hastings Road has a long thin centre window which lights the staircase.
Listing NGR: TQ8447731264 (3)

<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 82 (OS Card Reference). SKE40191.

<2> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 498 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37945.

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