The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for TQ 83 SW BENENDEN NEW POUND ROAD (OFF) 1350-0/3/76 Walkhurst - II
The address shall be amended to read
TQ 83 SW BENENDEN NEW POUND ROAD (OFF) 1350-0/3/76 The Hop House (formerly known as Walkhurst) - II
BENENDEN TQ83SW NEW POND ROAD (OFF) 1350-0/3/76 Walkhurst II House. Probably late C16 lobby entrance house, refronted and with parallel range added to rear in early C19. Front range is timber-framed, clad in red brick with grey headers on ground floor and weather-boarded on 1st floor. Half-hipped tiled roof with late C16 clustered brick chimneystack. 2 storeys and attics 3 windows. C19 casements, some 3-light some 4-light. Central 4 flush panelled door. Rear range has ground floor of red brick and tile hung 1st floor with hipped tiled roof. 3 casements. C20 lean-to on side elevation. Interior has 2 large beams. Probable late Medieval wooden carved board incorporating shield set back to front on right side of lobby may have been reused from an earlier house on the site as no other earlier features were seen.
Listing NGR: TQ8122933918

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