The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 54 SW BIDBOROUGH PENSHURST ROAD (south side)
3/24 Lodge to Swaylands School
GV II
Lodge to Swaylands School, contemporary with the stable block. The main school is separately listed in Penshurst parish. Circa 1880s. Local sandstone ashlar; concrete tile roof; stack with brick shafts. Tudor style.
Plan: Sited at the entrance to Swaylands School, facing west where the principal room overlooks the drive, service wing at right angles to the rear. Porch block to the north west, front door in the west wall.
Exterior: Single-storye and attic. Asymmetrical 1:3-bay west front, the single-storey porch block, slightly set back to the left, has an embattled parapet and a Tudor arched chamfered doorway with a C19 plank and cover strip door. The left return of the porch has 3 round-headed one-light windows. The main block, to the right, has a ground floor bay with an embattled parapet, the windows with C20 glazing replacing the original small-pane casements. Above this, 2 gabled dormers with kneelers and copings, preserving their original small-pane casements. The left (north) return of the main block, facing the Penshurst Road, has a coped gable to the right with an original 2- light window and a gabled dormer to the left, also with an original window, matching those in the west elevation.
Interior: Not inspected.
Group value with Swaylands School.
Listing NGR: TQ5615543382

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