Description from record TQ 83 SE 19:
(TQ 87973295 - sited from HHR map) 1715 Chestnut House, Smallhythe Road (West Side). TQ 83 SE 3/70 8.5.50 Grade 2* C18. 2 storeys and attic red brick with grey headers. Roof has 3 dormers. Brick stringcourse and eaves cornice. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with Doric pilasters and 8 panelled door set in moulded wooden architrave with fanlight. (1) (TQ 87973295) Chestnut House (NAT) (2) Chestnut House has a pleasant 18th century front. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 SMALLHYTHE ROAD (West Side)
Chestnut House TQ 83 SE 3/70 8.5.50.
II* GV
2. C18. 2 storeys and attic red brick with grey headers. Roof has 3 dormers. Brick stringcourse and eaves cornice. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with Doric pilasters and 8 panelled door set in moulded wooden architrave with fanlight. Tile Cottage and Garden Wall, and Chestnut House form a group. Listing NGR: TQ8797832965 (4)

<1> DOE(HHR) Boro of Tenterden Kent June 1972 58 (OS Card Reference). SKE40849.

<2> OS 1:2500 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48102.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37951.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.