The following text is from the original listed building designation:

1. 5273 CENTRAL PARADE Herne Bay
No 23 (Kent House) Nos 24 to 26 (consec) TR 1868 SW 3/5
II GV
2. Built in 1810 but appearing rather later in date. Originally called Marine Terrace. 3 storeys attics and semi-basement stuccoed. Tiled roofs half-hipped at the ends. 2 windows and 1 dormer each. Window in moulded architrave surrounds with cornices over,supported on consoles. Glazing bars missing from the upper floors of No 24. Iron balconies on the 1st floor of Nos 23 and 24 and on the ground floor also of No 23. Round-headed doorways with semi-circular fanlights and moulded cornices or the same shape over. These doorways stead at the head of 10 steps with an iron handrail on one side and a shaped cement-coated brick wall on the other terminated on the inner sides by a pier mounted by a ball cap. No 26 has 2 cement wals to its steps.
Nos 23 to 36 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1808468387

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