The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STAPLEHURST CRANBROOK ROAD TQ 74 SE (East side)
3/87 Lake House
GV II
House. Later C17, with C19 alterations. Ground floor later C19 red and grey brick in Flemish bond. Beaded weatherboarding to first floor. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys and garret. Gabled. Multiple filleted red and grey brick stack towards centre, and projecting rear brick stack towards right end. Irregular fenestration of 3 leaded casements; one 3-light to each side of porch and one 2-light to first floor of porch. 2-storey gabled porch, incorporating staircase, with brick ground floor and weatherboarded first floor, under stack. Ribbed door under flat bracketed hood to right side of porch. Broad rear wing to left. Narrow rear lean-to to right, and along each side of wing. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7884442169

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