The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STAPLEHURST GOUDHURST ROAD TQ 74 SE (West side)
3/97 Ely Court 23.5.67 GV II
House. Late C16 or early C17, with alterations of 1721 and with late C18 or early C19 facade. Timber framed. Front elevation chequered red and grey brick. Gable ends brick on ground floor, tile-hung above. 2 timber-framed bays and central stack bay, with further bay added to right in C18. Two storeys and garret. Plat band, and banded brick eaves cornice below low brick-coped parapet. Broad, shallow central break, with pediment stepped up and cambered over it. Half-hipped roof. Brick ridge stack to left of centre, with brick dated 1721, and rear stack to right. Regular 5-window front of 4 recessed 12-pane sashes and central 16-pane sash, with splayed pointed voussoirs. Central panelled door under flat-roofed brick porch open across front and with ball finials. Rear lean-to to left and short 2-storey rear wing towards centre, incorporating late C16 or early C17 stair turret. Interior: exposed framing. 5-light diamond mullion window to former right gable end. Clasped purlin roof with windbraces, diminishing principal rafters, and vertical queen-struts to collars.
Listing NGR: TQ7778142048

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