The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5275 BOWLING STREET (West Side)
No 3 TR 3258 1/23 19.5.50.
II GV
2. Probably C17 timber framed building with plastered front of the early C19. Eaves gutter and tiled roof. 2 box sashes 1st floor with glazing bars complete. Ground floor mid C19 door in 4 panels. Modern casement window with glazing bars and modern garage with metal door.
No 1 (Water Lane House) Bowling Cottage and Nos 3 to 7 (odd) with Nos 1 to 5 (odd) Vicarage Lane form a group.
Listing NGR: TR3291458300

A watching brief during the construction of a conservatory to the rear of the property in 2009 found a 16th/17th century brick drain and a clay-lined cistern. These possibly relate to light industrial activity that was carried out in an extension to the building that was removed in the 19th or 20th century. (2)

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

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2009, 3 Bowling Street, Sandwich, Kent: Archaeological Watching Brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE16258.