Brome House

Brome House is a Grade II* listed house located in West Malling, dating from around 1670. It is built of brick on foundations that may date back to the 16th century and has been refronted in stucco. The house was extended and altered in the early 19th century. It features a hipped slate roof that is mostly hidden behind a parapet. The building has two storeys, a basement, and attics, with five windows across the front. The tall parapet is accented with quoins, and there are end rusticated quoins and chimneystacks, with the right-side stack designed in a crow-stepped style. The windows are 12-pane sashes topped with triple keystones, and the house has a deep plinth.

On the left side elevation, there are three flat-roofed dormers and a doorcase with a flat hood supported by carved wooden brackets, along with a rectangular fanlight. An early 19th-century extension of two bays is located to the left. The right side elevation also features three flat-roofed dormers and an extension with two early 19th-century 12-paned sashes. The rear elevation includes a detached two-storey outbuilding from around 1670, constructed of stone rubble with casement windows, alongside an early 19th-century brick projection featuring tripartite sash windows.

Inside, the features primarily relate to the early 19th-century alterations. The entrance hall has a curved design with three curved six-panelled doors and a marble fireplace adorned with a Greek Key frieze and urn panels. The raised panelling has a semi-circular curve at the corners. The lounge contains a late 18th-century mantelpiece featuring Pomona in the centre, flanked by cupids, one holding a sheaf of corn. The dining room showcases an early 19th-century fireplace with a floral motif and console brackets. One bedroom has a Gothick fireplace surround with an Art Nouveau firegrate. The cellar includes slate-lined wine bins behind a four-centred arch, likely using a late medieval wooden roll-moulded pillar on an octagonal stone base, along with 17th-century plank doors. The kitchen also features similar plank doors. The former 17th-century outbuilding has an open fireplace on the ground floor, a small cupboard, and a wooden winder staircase with a section of wooden balustrading, suggesting it may have been used as a bothy, complete with a three-plank door.