48, Jackson Road

This is a late 17th-century house, largely refronted in the early to mid-19th century and with further alterations around 1973. A 20th-century addition to the east is not of special interest. The western part of the property is of group value, reflecting its historical and architectural significance.

The house is built of stuccoed walls with incised lines to imitate masonry, set over a projecting plinth. It has a gabled tiled roof and an external chimneystack to the east. The original layout was of a two-bay end-chimney house, originally with two rooms on each floor.

The north-facing entrance front has two irregularly spaced casement windows, with replacement wooden casements likely placed within earlier openings. A later 20th-century penticed porch with a tiled roof, side windows, and a plank door sits centrally. The east gable has a stuccoed chimneystack, narrowing towards the base. The west and south elevations are hidden by adjacent properties.

The ground floor has a single large room and retains a central axial beam with a two-inch flat chamfer, featuring lamb's tongue and fillet stops. Original exposed floor joists are visible. The fireplace is a 20th-century replacement, potentially covering an earlier open fireplace. A blocked round-headed opening is visible in the south wall. The staircase, replaced around 1973, is likely in its original position based on the remaining original floor joists. The upper floor is now one large room, displaying a timber wallplate on three sides, and a central roof truss with tie beam and collar beam supported by queenposts. Later subsidiary timbers were added between the tie beam and collar beam, along with two posts between the floor and tiebeam. Four diagonal tension braces are visible, likely attached to purlins. The remainder of the roof is inaccessible.

Deeds, believed to date back to the 1690s, suggest historical connections to a nearby former farmhouse (No. 58), with local tradition identifying the house as its laundry. The house and associated outbuildings appear on early Ordnance Survey maps, alongside a southwestern extension dating to the early to mid-19th century, that is now part of No. 50. Early maps show this area, known as Skim Corner, with other contemporary buildings.

The house is a well-preserved example of a late 17th-century rural dwelling, retaining significant original fabric and presenting a clear plan form. Its survival in the London Borough of Bromley is unusual and it contributes to a cluster of listed buildings of varying dates.