Description

MALDON

TL8506NW HIGH STREET
574-1/9/99 (North East side)
24/09/71 No.105

GV II

Shop and flat. Early C19. Timber-framed with stuccoed brick
front and gabled plain tile roofs. Front has roof continuous
with No.107 (qv) and one large and one smaller brick stack
behind ridgeline.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellar; 3-window range. Plain
parapet and moulded timber cornice above window heads. 2
full-height segmental bows, with slightly recessed area with
16-pane sash window, with curved glass on each floor. Central
small-paned sash window with margin glazing on 1st floor;
above this a pair of consoles attached to cornice. Projecting
blocking door surround has double-stepped cornice and
projecting frame to recessed contemporary door with 2 glazed
upper panels, moulded centre panels and 2 flush lower panels;
panelled reveals, rectangular fanlight, stone step with 2
cast-iron boot scrapers. Below SE bow an iron cellar grille.
Rear elevation has 2 unequally projecting rendered gables.
That to NE has very large tripartite small-paned sash with
margin glazing in red glass on ground floor. Above this and on
centre line of other gable, are small-paned sash windows also
with margin glazing, and an entrance door with similar early
C19 detail.
INTERIOR: front range has symmetrical plan with central
entrance corridor leading to arch-headed opening (now blocked)
on consoles. Hardwood spine beams and some original early C19
stud work exposed on ground floor. One room has marble
fireplace. Open-well staircase to rear has half-elliptical
plan with stick baluster and wreathed hardwood handrail and is
cantilevered with continuous curved soffit. This has shaped
tread ends and leads to 1st-floor landing with curved side
walls and circular ceiling light with margin glazing and
coloured glass (red, blue and clear) inserts. An upper-level
landing with curved cupboard under, has similar detail to
stairs. 1st-floor front rooms have early C19 marble
fireplaces, one with C19 cast-iron basket.
Large ground-floor room in projecting NE wing has moulded
plaster cornice and ceiling rose and the previously noted
large tripartite window has internal folding shutters. Back
door has fragments of late medieval carved doorhead reused as
part of arch over. Some poor quality timber-framing exposed in
rear rooms.

Listing NGR: TL8525006982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548263

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)