Description from record TQ 85 NE 11:
[TQ 87135875] Swanton Farm [NAT] (1) Swanton Street Farmhouse. Grade II*. Farmhouse. Front of 1719 to earlier building. Brown brick with red brick dressings and plain tiled roof. Three storeys and basement on plinth with giant pilasters to left and right projecting central bay and splayed at top. Shaped parapet gable with hipped roof and stacks to left and right. Regular fenestration of semi-circular headed wood casements on top floor, 5 glazing bar sash on first floor, the central with semi-circular fanlight over and keyed and rusticated surrounds, and 4 glazing bar sash on ground floor. Apart from the central window, all windows with aprons and gauged heads with keystones developed into large brackets. Central door of 6 raised and fielded panels with with semi-circular fanlight with keyed and gauged surround at head of flight of 3 steps. Basement openings to left and right, 1 storey red brick extension to right. Keystone to door inscribed: EH. (2) Additional bibliography. (3) Swanton Street Farmhouse, a well maintained brick domestic house. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 85 NE BREDGAR SWANTON STREET (west side)
7/6 Swanton Street 27.8.52 Farmhouse
GV II*
Farmhouse. Front of 1719 to earlier building. Brown brick with red brick dressings and plain tiled roof. Three storeys and basement on plinth with giant pilasters to left and right projecting central bay and splayed at top shaped parapet gable with hipped roof and stacks to left and right. Regular fenestration of 3 semi-circular headed wood casements on top floor, 5 glazing bar sash on first floor, the central with semi-circular fan light over and keyed and rusticated surrounds, and 4 glazing bar sash on ground floor. Apart from the central window, all windows with aprons and gauged heads with keystones developed into large brackets. Central door of 6 raised and fielded panels with semi-circular fanlight with keyed and gauged surround at head of flight of 3 steps. Basement openings to left and right, 1 storey red brick extension to right. Keystone to door inscribed: EH 17 19 Interior: full pine-panelled rooms, original early C18 staircase turned balusters and curved hand rail. The 1719 work done for Edward Holliday, a London goldsmith. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 158. Also K. Downes, English Baroque Architecture, London 1966). Listing NGR: TQ8769659476 (5)

<1> OS 1:2500 1968 (OS Card Reference). SKE48210.

<2> DOE(HHR) Boro of Swale Kent 27 Nov 1984 39 (OS Card Reference). SKE40843.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1969 photo 158-9 (N Pevsner and J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37795.

<4> F1 MJF 18-MAR-86 (OS Card Reference). SKE43029.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 85 NE 11 - March, 1986 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4408.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.