The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 13 NE NEWINGTON Frogholt
4/44 Magpie Cottage
GV II
House. Late C18. Timber framed, weatherboarded. Pantile roof, formerly thatched. Painted mathematical tiles to left gable end. Built at right- angles to road. 2 storeys, on stone plinth. Half-hipped roof. Filleted central brick stack. Regular 2-window front of 2-light casements. C20 ribbed door under stack. Rear lean-to to right. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: TR1773037504

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

E.W. Parkin, Arch Cant 1986, 1986, Magpie Cottage, Newington (Article in serial). SKE29297.