The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHEVENING BESSELS GREEN (East Side) Southdown House TQ 5055 5/165 10.9.54
II GV
2. Irregular structure of 2 builds, with Cl8 front stuccoed in early Cl9. Probably timber framed core. 2 storeys, 5 windows. High pitched tiled roof with stuccoed chimneys. High parapet above cornice and blocking course. 2 flat dormers. Moulded architraves to 1st floor windows, some sashes with bracketed cills, some long casements. lst floor band. Banded rusticated ground floor with sash windows. Modern central glazed door has side lights with wrought iron screens. Blind cases to long lst floor windows.
The Post Office, Nos 1 to 9 (consec) (Park Place Cottages) Glencot, Yew Tree Cottage and Tanners Cottage, Southdown house, its garden wall and Southdown Cottage form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5070455498

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