Description

MALDON

TL8507SW MARKET HILL
574-1/7/164 (North East side)
02/10/51 No.16
Kings House and cottage to rear
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET HILL
(East side)
No.16)

GV II

House and attached cottage. c1840. Stuccoed brick with gabled
plain tile roof with ridge hip to far block at right-angles at
rear; large Gault brick stack on north-west flank.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic and cellar; 3-window range.
Segmental-headed dormer with 2-light casement. Plain parapet
with stone coping and painted moulded stone cornice. 1st floor
has 3 sash windows, each with a single vertical glazing bar,
with rendered shouldered surround. Ground floor has a linked
pair of similar windows with architrave and cornice and
linking sill, but with segmental heads. Segmental-headed
carriage arch and moulded plinth. Entrance door within alley
on flank has moulded hood/cornice on consoles, all of stucco,
and 6-flush-panel door with rectangular fanlight and panelled
reveals.
Rear wing has half-hipped plain tile roof and 12-pane sash
windows to attic, 1st and 2nd floors. The flank has one sash
window on ground floor. The cottage to the rear is of 2
storeys with slate gabled roof and red/brown brick. The corner
to alley is curved with corbelling over. The 1st floor has two
12-pane sash windows. Ground floor has C19 porch with boarded
flanks and a C20 two-light casement.
INTERIOR: main house has cantilevered open-well staircase with
curved soffit, wreathed hardwood handrail, stick balusters and
shaped tread ends. Marble fireplace on 1st floor and numerous
contemporary doors, simple cornices and architraves.

Listing NGR: TL8506007184

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548028

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