The following text is from the original listed building designation:

1. 1449 HIGH STREET (South East Side)
The Ship Hotel TR O624 1/23 28.8.51.
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2. The main part of the building, which has 2 parallel ranges, is C18, but the North East end is possibly older. 2 storeys and attics with 2 hipped dormers. The back of the building facing Church Road is of red brick. The front facing High Street has been refaced with stucco. The 2 easternmost window bays project slightly. Tiled roof, hipped at the North East end, half hipped at the South West end, Long and short quoins at the angles of the Eastern section and at the South West end of the remainder, which also has a brick modillion eaves cornice, the bricks inserted diagonally with the points protruding. 7 sashes set in surrounds with glazing bars missing. Later doorcase with pilasters and projecting cornice supported on consoles. C19 public house front to the West of the doorway.
No 85 Church Road forms a group with The Ship Hotel.
Listing NGR: TR0668924976

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