The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 64 NW CAPEL BADSELL ROAD, FIVE OAK GREEN (south side) 1/214 The Cottage 17.4.89 GV II
Cottage. Probably early/mid C19, possibly earlier. Timber-framed and clad with weatherboards; brick stack and chimneyshaft; peg-tile roof.
Plan: Small 2-room plan house with central entry built along the street facing north. Stack at left (east) end. 2 storeys.
Exterior: Not symmetrical 2-window front of various C20 casements with glazing bars and ground floor has diamond panes of leaded glass. Central doorway contains a C20 plank door under a C20 shallow hood on shaped timber brackets. Roof parallel with the street and to right is continuous with the roof over Ivy Cottages (q.v.).
Interior: Not available for inspection at the time of this survey.
Listing NGR: TQ6490345304

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