The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 55 NE IGHTHAM COMMON ROAD 1/5 (east side)
The Workhouse and the Old Cottage GV II
Poorhouse with cottage attached at right end. Formerly the poorhouse of Ightham village. Dated 1753. Coursed rubble stone with red and blue brick quoins, band and dressings. Plain tiled roof with rear off-right stacks to centre and left. Two storeys; 3 windows on first floor, 6 on ground floor, casements, diamond lattice to centre and right. Gabled C19 porch to right with boarded door. Early C19 cottage at right end. Coursed and galletted rubble stone with red and blue brick quoins, band and dressings. Brick cornice to plain tiled roof, hipped to right, half-hipped to left, with rear stack. Two storeys; 2 windows, casements, on ground floor in segment-headed surrounds. Central entrance with segment-headed surround and boarded door.
Listing NGR: TQ5873755723

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