7, 8 And 9, Market Hill

This is a group of buildings at 7, 8 and 9 Market Hill, Coggeshall, originally dating to the late 14th century and subsequently altered in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The buildings are timber-framed and have plaster infill, with a roof of handmade red plain tiles. The main range faces southwest and includes a 19th-century stack at the left end. A two-bay wing is set to the rear of the left end, with a jettied section to the right and another 19th-century stack. A three-bay crosswing is positioned to the right, with a 17th-century one-bay wing to its rear and an 18th-century wing to the left of it. A 19th-century single-storey lean-to extension of painted brick with a slate roof extends to the rear of the wing and part of the right wing, while a 20th-century single-storey extension with a flat roof extends to the rear of the remainder of the right wing.

A foot passage divides the buildings, separating numbers 7 and 8 from number 9. Numbers 7 and 8 have a 19th-century projecting shop window with 20 lights on the ground floor, and two 18th-century sash windows of 12 lights on the first floor, one of which has been altered. There is a half-glazed door to the shop and a plain boarded door to the passage, both sheltered by a flat canopy supported by profiled brackets. Number 9 has a late 19th-century tripartite sash window of 2-4-2 lights on the ground floor, with a rebuilt 20th-century shop window, also beneath a flat canopy. The first floor of number 9 features two 18th/early 19th-century sash windows of 12 lights and one of 16 lights, all altered, along with a half-glazed door. A full-length 18th-century moulded eaves cornice runs along the front.

The rear wing of numbers 7 and 8 has a 18th-century three-light window with a wrought iron casement on the left elevation, and an early 19th-century sash window of 16 lights on the right elevation, both on the first floor. Jowled posts are visible. Inside, there are plain joists of heavy square section jointed to chamfered beams with central tenons. A section (0.60 metre) of one beam has been repaired with old timber and one post appears to be a 20th-century replacement. Other features include cambered tiebeams with arched braces. The front elevation has been raised above the wallplate in the 18th century, and the roof has been rebuilt as a continuous range.