Description from record TQ 96 SW 58:
[TQ 9079 6361 - O.S. 1:2500 1960] One building, Grade II, No.s 49 and 51 High Street (south side). No. 49 is the cellars beneath the house. A Regency front to a probable 18th century house. (For full description see list.) (1) No. 49 is the most memorable house in Sittingbourne High Street. It has an early 19th century white stuccoed front of three bays - the outer ones swinging out in great bows with completely glazed strips on each floor. Over these windows are sunk, fan-shaped typana also following the curve. There is a pretty porch, on elongated Doric columns with a Gothic cast-iron balcony. No. 51 is not mentioned by Pevsner. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

1. 5282 HIGH STREET (South Side) SITTINGBOURNE Nos 49 and 51 TQ 9063 NE 2/17 10.9.51. II* GV 2. One building. No 49 is the cellars beneath the house. A Regency front to a probable C18 house. 2 storeys and attics stuccoed. Tiled roof with parapet. 2 hipped dormers. 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. 2 of these are elliptical bows through both floors with tripartite windows and elliptical tympana over them containing fan Ornamentation. Porch at the head of 5 steps having fluted Doric columns and enriched frieze supporting lst floor cast iron balcony. Left side doorcase having 6 fielded panels up 7 steps with a handrail. Nos 23 to 45 (odd) and 49 to 81,(odd) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ9078463614 (3)

<1> DOE(HHR) Dist of Swale Kent Dec 1974 26 (OS Card Reference). SKE41069.

<2> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 463 (J Newman Ed N Pevsner) (OS Card Reference). SKE37822.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.