The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 CASTLE STREET (South East Side)
No 5 (Lullingstone House) TR l457 NE 4/205 3.12.49.
II GV
2. Probably a C17 timber-framed building refaced in the early C18. It was the house of Sumner (1606-1669) the historian and compiler of the first Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. 2 storeys and basement stuccoed. 3 dormers. Parapet with coping and wide modillion cornice. Overhang. 3 sash windows set in moulded architraves with cast iron balconettes. Plinth. Central doorcase has 2 Tuscan half columns keystone, semi- circular fanlight with reeded frieze underneath and 6 fielded panelled door. 3 steps. The rear elevation has a mansard roof with 4 dormers, The interior has an C18 staircase with 3 turned balusters to each step and curved tread ends. Traces of panelling on ground floor. Nos 1 to 9 (consec) and Nos 12 to 24 (consec) form a group. Listing NGR: TR1475057611 (1)

Description from record TR 15 NW 64:
No 5 Castle Street (Lullingstone House). (TR 14755760 - OS 1:2500 1957). Grade II*. Probably a C17 timber-framed building refaced in the early C18. It was the house of Sumner (1606-1669) the historian and compiler of the first Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. 2 storeys and basement stuccoed. 3 dormers. Parapet with coping and wide mullioned cornice. Overhang. 3 sash windows set in moulded architraves with cast iron balconettes. Plinth. Central doorcase has 2 Tuscan half columns, keystone, semi- circular fanlight with reeded frieze underneath and 6 fielded panelled doors. 3 steps. The rear elevation has a mansard roof with 4 dormers. The interior has an C18 staircase with 3 turned balusters to each step and curved tread ends. Traces of panelling on ground floor. (2)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Kent Sept 1973 48 (OS Card Reference). SKE40110.