Fairland House

Fairland House, which includes Nos. 5 and 7 Church Street, is an early 19th-century house and shop located on the east side of Hingham. The building is constructed of painted brick and features brick pilasters. It has a slate roof with moulded coping at the gable ends and a modillion eaves cornice. The structure is two storeys tall with an attic and is three windows wide, showcasing elliptical heads with dripmoulds and elliptical headed sashes that have intersecting glazing bars. The central doorway is adorned with a rectangular dripmould, an elliptical fanlight, and a 20th-century glazed door. There are two brick flues present. Facing Church Street, there are 20th-century shop windows at one end. The rear wing also faces Church Street and incorporates No. 7, which is now part of Fairland House. This section dates from the 18th century and features roughcast, a steep pantile roof with gabled ends, and a modillion moulded eaves cornice. It is also two storeys tall with an attic, which includes a small attic window in the gable end. The first floor has three 18th-century two-light mullion and transom casements, while the ground floor has two modern small shop windows.