The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HORSMONDEN THE HEATH TQ 7040-7140 (east side) 7/116 Birch Cottage GV II
House. C17 with possibly earlier rear wing. Timber framed and part exposed with plaster infill on first floor on red brick ground floor with some sandstone also on ground floor. Plain tiled roof. Lobby entry plan. One storey and attic on plinth with half-hipped roof with 3 gabled dormers and stack to centre left. The hip end of the rear wing oversails at centre right. Three 2 and 3 light casements on ground floor and boarded door with prominent vertical ornamental iron straps to centre left in raking porch. Gabled tile hung wing to rear right.
Listing NGR: TQ7010840523

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