The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for TQ 83 SW BENENDEN NEW POND ROAD (west side) 1350-0/3/73 Staplehurst Lodge GV II
The address shall be amended to read
TQ 83 SW BENENDEN GOLFORD ROAD (west side) 1350-0/3/73 Staplehurst Lodge GV II
BENENDEN TQ83SW NEW POND ROAD 1350-0/3/73 (West side) Staplehurst Lodge GV II Lodge, formerly to Hempstead House now Benenden School. c.1868 by George Devey in Vernacular Revival style. Built of brick with stone dressings and timberframed gables with plastered infill. Tiled roof with 1 clustered brick chimneystack and right side external brick chimneystack on stone base. Front elevation has ground floor of red brick and projecting timberframed gable above, supported on elaborate brackets. Gable has one 4-light mullion, beneath is 6-light bay. Left side elevation has large projecting timberframed gable with eclectic framing and 4-light mullioned and transomed window supporting porch on 6 timber piers. Right side elevation has tile-hung gable with bands of fishscale tiles. (R.I.B.A. 1868).
Listing NGR: TQ8061534365

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