The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ASH TR 2858 THE STREET (south side) 10/77 Nos.57A, 57B GV II
Three houses, sometime public house (The Ship Inn). C15, altered C18 to late C20. Timber framed and rendered with plain. tiled roof. Originally a hall house plan, now much altered. Main elevation: in 3 sections, 2 storeys to left, one storey and attic to centre and 3 storey with basement projecting half-hipped wing. Main range with hipped roof and stacks projecting at end right, to front left (paired) and to rear left. Irregular fenestration of glazing bar sashes to right, paired on first and ground floors, 2 glazing bar sashes and hipped dormer to centre, and wooden casement to left over carriageway with exposed framing. Door of 6 panels in right end wing with rectangular fanlight and flight of 5 steps. Half-glazed door also in left return. Rear elevation: clad in various coloured and bonded brickwork of different dates. Interior: full frame reported including dragon beams.
Listing NGR: TR2869858396 (1)

Description from record TR 25 NE 63:
GII House

Formerly open 2-bay hall and lower-end cross wing. The upper end is of uncertain form and date and was replaced in the mid or late 16th century. The 2-bay service wing is jettied at the side as well as the front. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040112 THE SHIP INN, ASH File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

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

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.