The Mansion House

The Mansion House, also known as No. 12 and No. 14, is a notable late 17th century house located on Hingham Bond Street. It is constructed of red brick with blue headers and features a steep black glazed pantile roof with shaped gable ends. The building has a moulded wood eaves cornice and a moulded brick string course at floor level. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has seven windows, with the end and centre windows slightly projecting. The first floor centre window is blocked and has a moulded brick cill. All windows are sashes with glazing bars in exposed casing.

The central entrance features a large fielded panel door set within shouldered moulded architraves. To the right, No. 14 has a fielded panel and partly glazed door with a rectangular fanlight and a cornice hood supported by shaped brackets. The building has a moulded brick plinth and two gabled dormers with glazing bars. There are brick chimney stacks, one of which has been rebuilt. The south end includes wood mullion/transom casements along with a sash and a panelled door. The north end features two blocked windows on the first floor, which have projecting brick surrounds with moulded brick cornices, while the ground floor has a sash window and a glazed door with a rectangular fanlight and a hood on shaped brackets.