Description from record TR 25 SE 34 :
[TR 26095207] Southdown Cottage [NAT] (1) Southdown Cottage, Easole Street, Nonington. Grade II*. 13th century. Timber framed and exposed large panel frame with plaster infill. Thatched roof. (2)(3)

Description from record TR 25 SE 152:
Timber-framed cottage, reputedly of an early date (C14) but possibly late C15 or early C16. C17 alterations and restoration in 1967 (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
NONINTON EASOLE STREET TR 25 SE (east side) 3/126 Southdown Cottage 23.4.80
GV II* House. C13. Timber framed and exposed large panel frame with plaster infill. Thatched roof. Hall house plan. One storey and attic on plinth of flint with hipped roof with stack to centre and raking dormer to end right. Four wooden casements on ground floor and 4 light mullioned window and boarded door to centre with weather boarded outshot to end right. The end left bay, although it appears a later addition blocking some form of bracket is fully framed to rear. Interior; evidence of early hall house with 12 foot square hall and trussed rafter roof (see B.O.E. Kent 1983,404; see also A.Sutton, Nonington, 1975).
Listing NGR: TR2608952064 (5)

Historic England archive material: BF039700 SOUTHDOWN COTTAGE, NONINGTON

<1> OS 1:2500 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE48218.

<2> Nonington 1975 (A Sutton) (OS Card Reference). SKE47670.

<3> DOE (HHR) Dist of Dover 1986 53 (OS Card Reference). SKE40246.

<4> The Buildings of England NE and E Kent 1983 404 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50177.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.