36, East Street

No. 36 East Street is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The main range consists of four bays facing north, with a stack located at the right end. At the rear, there is a two-bay building aligned north-south, which was originally freestanding but is now connected to the main range by a short infill. An external stack at the rear blocks an unglazed window on the first floor.

The house has two storeys. On the ground floor, there are two early 19th-century tripartite sash windows, each with four, twelve, and four lights, or replicas of these. The first floor features three early 19th-century sash windows with 16 lights. A 20th-century glazed door is set back below the jetty, with underbuilding elsewhere, and there are garage doors to the left. The building has a roll-moulded bressumer and plaster above the jetty in moulded panels. Both buildings have jowled posts.

Inside the main range, there are straight braces trenched inside the studding, chamfered axial beams that are unstopped, and timber of inferior quality. In the front right corner of the ground floor, there is an attached 18th-century corner cupboard with an arched head, carved shells in the spandrels, fluted pilasters, a spheroid interior, and profiled shelves. The rear building is constructed with higher quality timber, featuring curved braces trenched inside the studding, and a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops connecting ledged posts, each with a roll-moulding below the ledge. The plain joists are of square section and are jointed to the bridging beams with unrefined soffit tenons. The property was restored with the assistance of Essex County Council's Revolving Fund around 1974, with architect James Boutwood overseeing the work.