The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HAWKHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7430-7530 (south side)
16/358 The Clearing GV II House. Early C18, or earlier, altered and extended mid C19. Rendered with plain tiled roof and extended with rendered and weather-boarded wing. Two storeys with plat-cornice to parapet with stacks to end left and to end right, with hipped single storey extension to left. Two glazing bar sashes on each floor with another in left hand outshot. Two storey and garret wing to right, bargeboarded with stack to left, with glazing bar sash in gable head, and to right on first floor, with small sash to left over half-glazed panelled door with open-pedimented doorcase, on pilasters and brackets. French window to right with gabled porch.
Listing NGR: TQ7584530582

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