Bird In The Hand

The Bird in the Hand is a house dating from around 1700 and later, located in Hardingham. Originally timber-framed, the front has been replaced with brick, while the south gable-end features brick and flint with close tumbling-in. The roof is covered with pantiles and the building is one and a half storeys high.

There are two phases of replacement brickwork; the earlier 18th-century phase includes two 3-light ground floor windows with metal casements set beneath segmental arches, and the casements have decorative metal pulls. A modern door is present. The later phase, likely from the 19th century, has one 3-light casement window beneath a crudely executed skewback arch.

The front also features three sloping dormers, two of which have 18th-century 2-light windows with metal casements. The roof has shaped eaves sprockets, and there is one stack on the south gable-end and one off-centre axial stack. The building has later extensions to the sides and rear.