West Malling Lodge

House. The property dates from the early to mid-18th century and has undergone alterations and extensions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with flared headers; the front and west side have been rendered and lined to imitate masonry. The roof is hipped, with deep sprocketed eaves now clad in concrete tiles. Axial stacks are rendered with square yellow clay pots.

The building follows a double-depth plan, featuring two front rooms and a central entrance to a stair hall. The left-hand front room has been extended by one bay to the west. In the 19th century, a porch was added to the front and a two-bay wing to the rear, northwest corner. A small, single-storey addition was added to the rear angle in the late 20th century.

The south front is symmetrical, with five bays and a slightly set-back one-bay extension to the left. It has 12-pane sashes in revealed boxes with cambered heads. The central doorway has a panelled and glazed door, and a 19th-century rendered porch with narrow round-headed side lights containing margin glazing bars. The west side is divided into two, two, and one bays, with a 19th-century two-bay rear wing to the left and a front extension to the right. The centre is the original house, set back. The first floor features 12-pane sashes; the centre has two tall French casements with wrought-iron balconies, while the ground floor has a large 20th-century French window. The east side has two first-floor windows similar to those at the front, an outshut, and a large 20th-century window on the ground floor. At the rear, a 19th-century wing projects on the right, with a 20th-century single-storey extension in the angle.

Much of the original 18th-century joinery remains, including fielded panel doors, window shutters, panelling, and an open-well staircase with three balusters per tread (column newel), and fielded dado panelling. The right-hand front room has fielded panelling, a cornice, and a chimneypiece with an eared architrave and moulded shelf. The left-hand front room has fielded dado panelling, a moulded cornice, a china cupboard with fluted pilasters, a keyblock to the round arch, shaped shelves, and a rebuilt chimneypiece.