The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WEST MALLING
TQ6857 SWAN STREET 1156-0/3/137 Swan Hotel 01/08/52
GV II
Hotel. Late medieval open hall with gable end to road and C18 extension to front right refenestrated to front in C20. Timber-framed building refronted in stucco with old pegtiled roof and brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys and attics: 5 windows to front, 3 to side. Front elevation has 3 flat-roofed dormers with casements. 1st floor has 5 C20 casements. Ground floor has 4 C20 bows and C20 wooden doorcase with wide flat hood on brackets. Left side elevation has 1 hipped dormer, 1 12-pane sash and 2 casements, 1 with leaded lights. Right side elevation has C20 casements to attics and later bay. Interior has C17 well staircase with early C19 stair rail to rear right side. Internal wooden mullion blocked by staircase. 1st floor has exposed jowled posts and a C16 3-plank door. Inglenook fireplace reported, concealed by C18 and C19 alterations and crownpost roof. (Cozier P: Survey of buildings in West Malling: ITEM 20).
Listing NGR: TQ6811857823

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