The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST MALLING & LARKFIELD LONDON ROAD TQ 75 NW (south side) 8/161 17.12.85 Nos 781-789 (odd)
- II
Cottage. Row. C18 with evidence of earlier structure in cottage at extreme left, probably C16. Timber-framed elevations now faced in mixture of painted brick and painted rubble stone. Exposed framing on both floors of No 789 to left. Creosoted weather-boarding on 1st floor of No 789 to right. Long con- tinuous roof, stepped over No 785, with full hip at left hand end and half-hip at right-hand end. Central stack off-ridge to front on No 781. NOS 781-783. 2 storeys; 2 window 1st floor, glazing bar sashes C20 shop front on ground floor to right, C20 glazed door to right with continuous hood over both. Large segment-headed casement to extreme right. NOS 785-789. 2 storeys; irregular fenestration of 4 windows on 1st floor, 5 on ground floor, mixture of sliding and hung casements, glazing bar sashes and non-opening windows with lattices on glazing bars. Double boarded loft doors on 1st floor at extreme right. Boarded on half-glazed doors on ground floor to left and right and off-centre to left. Decorated wooden lintel over right-hand doorway.
Listing NGR: TQ7030358306

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