The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 NW 7/116 No 53 24.10.50 GV II House with shop. Late C18. Red brick with Welsh slate roof. Right-hand end stack. 3 storeys. Regular 3-window range. Parapet with stone coping and cornice band. Upper floors with 12-pane hornless sash windows; rubbed brick flat window arches and stone sills. Ground floor; impost band connects round-headed arches over doorways to either side of late C20 shop window with glazing bars. Stuccoed, with plinth. Bust of Dickens over left- hand door. C20 doors with rectangular overlight. Fluted lead rainwater head between Nos 51 and 53. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7430168628

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