Fairstead House

Fairstead House is a house that was formerly five cottages, built in the 18th century and later. It features coursed Quaternary beach flint with brick mosaic dressings and is topped with pantiles. The building has an irregular plan with a long range of six uneven bays, constructed in several phases, and stands two storeys high, with a one and a half storeyed wing of two bays to the north.

The north front includes a forward projecting wing of two bays at the first bay, with a flush sash window featuring glazing bars at the upper floor gable end. The garden front is made of brick with coursed flint and brick mosaic on the upper floor. It has black glazed pantiles, a sash window on the ground floor, and a three-light steel casement on the upper floor. The second bay is made of coursed flint and features a glazed outer passage on the ground floor, which has a pantile roof and flint base, along with a flush sash window with glazing bars on the first floor. The third bay has a 19th-century gabled porch made of pebble flint with brick dressings, which projects from the second bay and aligns with the glazed passage; it includes a six-panelled door and a two-light casement window of four panes on the first floor. The fourth bay is constructed of coursed flint with vertical brick quoins to the right, featuring a flush sash window with glazing bars on the first floor and a three-light casement with a transom on the ground floor, with an axial stack to the right. The fifth and sixth bays are an extended addition, with the ground floor of the fifth bay built differently and having brick quoins to the right; it includes a door and a 20th-century casement window on the ground floor, along with a flush sash window with glazing bars on the first floor.

The south facade along Taylors Loke (an alleyway) changes direction at different builds and consists of six bays made of varied flint and brick, with scattered fenestration from the 18th to the 20th century. The west gable is regularly constructed with coursed flint and brick mosaic, featuring a large flush sash window with glazing bars, consisting of 4 x 4 panes. The house is included for its group value.