The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CRANBROOK HARTLEY ROAD TQ 73 NE (south side) 3/131 - Turnden - II
Farmhouse, now house. C17, altered in C20. Timber framed and clad in red brick on ground floor and tile hung on first floor. Some exposed framing on first floor with plaster infilling. Plain tiled roofs, hipped to right and half hipped to left with projecting half hipped wing to left, jettied at end over ground floor, and lower gabled wing to right of centre, with catslide outshut on left re-entrant face. 2 storeys. Irregular fenestration of 5 win- dows on first floor and 4 on ground floor, mixture of C19 wood framed casements and C20 metal-framed lattice casements. Boarded and ribbed door in end of right hand wing. Large C20 extensions to left.
Listing NGR: TQ7660935341 (1)

A 2007 survey suggested that the core of the building was in fact 15th century in date (2)

In September 2019 the building was burned down in an arson attack and it was subsequently delisted following the advice of Historic England.(3)

In 2021, a heritage statement was completed in preparation for the building of a replacement farmhouse and new neighboruring properties. (4)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Singleton, T., 2007, A History of Turnden, Cranbrook, Kent (Bibliographic reference). SKE52341.

<3> Historic England, 2019, Historic England Advice Report: Case Name: Turnden, Hartley Road, Cranbrook (Unpublished document). SKE52340.

<4> CgMs, 2021, Built Heritage Statement In respect of Turnden Farmstead, Entrance Revised Application (Unpublished document). SKE54761.