The following text is from the original listed building designation:

1. 5282 HIGH STREET (North Side) SITTINGBOURNE Nos 42 and 44 No 44A TQ 9063 NE 2/4 II GV 2. This block was built in 1708 by Robert Jeffs and originally called Rose Place. Later in the century it became the Rose Inn which was called in Hasted's "History of Kent" "the most superb of any [inn] throughout the kingdom and the entertainment afforded in it equally so". The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria stayed there in 1825, after which it was renamed the Royal Victoria Hotel. It ceased to be a hotel after the railway had undermined the importance of Sittingbourne as a coaching station on the Dover Road. 3 storeys brown brick with red brick window dressings. Tiled roof and wooden modillion cornice with consoles below some of the modillions, 6 sashes with most glazing bars intact above the ground floor. Stone plaque between the 1st and 2nd floor with the model of a red rose and the letters "RI". and the date 1708. Modern shop fronts.
Nos 30 to 62 (even) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ9076063645

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