The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SUTTON VALENCE GREEN LANE TQ 85 SW (west side) Ye Olde 2/130 Cottage 26.4.68 GV II
House. Late C16/early C17. Timber framed with brick nogging. Plain tile roof. 3 timber-framed bays. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Broadly-spaced studding. Long arch-braces to each end and tension brace towards centre. Hipped roof with gablets. Central multiple brick stack. Irregular fenestration of 3 casements; two 2-light and one 3-light. Central boarded door under flat bracketed hood. Lean-to to right. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ8079147870 (1)

This feature is recorded in the AB Heritage Heritage Appraisal on land at Green Lane, Langley prior to its development. The report assessed the impact on heritage assets within 500m of the proposed development site. The report states regarding Ye Old Cottage: "The Grade II Listed Ye Old Cottage faces onto and is set back from Green Lane c 30m to the south west of the proposed development site. The cottage is surrounded by open gardens to the west and east. A modern fence, garage and shed are present to the north. Two 19th century cottages with associated gardens are present to the rear of Ye Old Cottage and a modern bungalow is located to the north west. A hedge c 1.5m in height runs around the southern and eastern sides of the gardens.
The immediate setting of the cottage is the open gardens at the front and rear of the cottage, along with its set back roadside position on Green Lane. The wider setting is the rural residential character of the area, including The Old Farmhouse opposite, separated from the dense modern development to the north. The significance of Ye Old Cottage is mostly related to the evidential, historical and aesthetic values of the building with the Historic England listing description highlighting key original architectural details of the building and its development.
However, the rural residential nature of the wider setting is considered by Maidstone Borough Council (2014) to make a positive contribution towards the significance of Ye Old Cottage…Ye Old Cottage faces out onto Green Lane and although the hedge around the cottage obscures some of the views from the ground floor on the southern and part of the eastern side, the entrance at the north-east corner creates an unobscured view towards the entire north west half of the proposed development site. The residential element of the proposed development may compromise the relatively isolated rural residential nature of the wider setting of Ye Old Cottage." (2)

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

<2> AB Heritage, 2015, Land at Green Lane, Langley, Kent, Heritage Appraisal (Unpublished document). SKE31578.