Harnser

This is a late 16th-century house with 19th-century additions, situated in Little Walden. The building consists of a main range and a cross-wing, forming an L-shaped plan. It is timber-framed and plastered, with red brick and peg and clay tiled roofs.

The front, facing east, has a northern cross-wing. The ground floor of the main range is brick, rendered and ashlar lined, while the timber framing above is similarly rendered. The cross-wing gable and first floor are tile hung. Bargeboards were added in the 19th century. A stack, situated at the junction of the two units, has lower 17th-century brickwork and a rebuilt upper portion. The ground floor features four casement windows and a 20th-century boarded door, while the first floor has one cross-wing window and a gabled dormer window, characteristic of a one-and-a-half-story design. The shadow of strutted framing beneath the dormer indicates a possible raising of the roof eaves.

The rear, west-facing elevation has a deep outshut with a catslide roof and a small extension at the south end. The walling here is of random bricks and cobbles. There are two single-light and one two-light casement windows, along with three 20th-century roof lights. A principal stack is at the north end, next to the cross-wing. The cross-wing roofline shows two distinct builds; the rear section was added in mid-19th century brick, with a timber-framed first floor jettied over a yard to the south. A stack at the west end has 19th-century deep bargeboards.

The south side of the house has a boarded door and a three-light casement window on the ground floor, with a two-light casement window on the first floor. The west end has one ground-floor and two first-floor casement windows. The north side has a long range with a central break. To the east, pargetted framing is visible, along with the end of a brick wall under the front elevation, and a three-light window. A further ground-floor brick section, with fan-pargetted framing above and a casement window, is located to the rear of the center. The south end has a gabled end with an outshut to the west. The ground floor is brick rendered with three casement windows, a doorway in the outshut, a 19th-century boarded door, and a 20th-century gabled trellis porch. The first floor has a three-light casement window with glazing bars, the centre of which is round headed in a 'Venetian' style.

Inside, original late 16th-century timber framing elements survive, including a central arched braced tie-beam truss in the cross-wing and what were once jettied joists to the street frontage, now underbuilt. The hall was extended to the south around 1800 with primary braced framing. A doorway was forced through the original south end wall and tie-beam for attic accommodation. A principal ground-floor fireplace, located at the junction of the units facing the hall, has a timber lintel and 17th-century brickwork, with some repairs. Early repairs to the house framing include forelock bolts.