The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CRANBROOK WHITEWELL LANE TQ 73 NE (east side) 3/293 - Whitewell House GV II
Hall-house, now house. Early C16, clad in C18 and altered circa 1910, possibly by Mervyn Macartney. Timber framed and clad in exposed timber framing on ground floor to west with red and blue brick ground floor to sides. Tile-hung first floor. Low pitched twin span roofs, with stacks with projecting breasts to left and right. Wing at left towards rear. 2 storeys. Regular 2 bay front, with 2 projecting 2 storey bays. Glazing bar casements with lattice glazing in top lights. Central recessed entrance with boarded door behind and flat hood on brackets over. Similar hood over glazed door on right return front. Interior: substantial timber frame. Roof rebuilt. Heavy jowled posts. Stair of circa 1710, probably brought in. Inserted stack. Various Macartney fireplaces in Neo-Georgian style.
Listing NGR: TQ7754337768

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