Talbots

Three houses, dating back to the 15th century, with a front dating to the early 19th century, situated on London Road, Maldon. The buildings are timber-framed and plastered, featuring a plain tile roof over the former hall block and gambrel plain tile roofs over the cross-wings. A large square stack rises from the ridge of No.7, with two smaller stacks on the party walls. Originally a hall house with jettied cross-wings.

The external appearance on the main facade is of two storeys with an attic. A painted timber moulded cornice runs above the first floor. No.3 (the south-east cross wing) includes a 9-pane sash window in the attic, a 9-pane sash with a moulded surround and keystone on the first floor, and a canted bay window with small-paned sashes on the ground floor. The entrance has a doorcase with a moulded cornice, fluted frieze with a central panel, thin pilasters, and a door with two glazed panels. No.5 has a simple parapet and three segmental-headed dormers with 2-light casements; its first floor features three flush sash windows with moulded surrounds and single vertical glazing bars, while the ground floor has a 16-pane bow window. No.7 is similar to No.3 but the windows have single vertical glazing bars, and the attic window has a semicircular head and small-paned 2-light casement. The side of No.3 exhibits painted brickwork with a 20th-century tripartite sash window. The flank of No.7 displays ashlar render, along with a 12-pane sash on the first floor and a 20-pane sash on the ground floor. A small gabled dormer with a 2-light casement is also present, together with a 20th-century single-storey rear extension. The rear of No.5 has a 19th-century extension constructed of Gault brick with three parallel, single-storey plain roofs. A dormer-like stair tower, featuring a gabled roof and a segmental-headed wide dormer with three cross-casement lights, is also visible.

Internally, No.3 reveals an exposed tie beam in the 2-bay cross-wing, displaying jowled posts and steeply raking arch braces. No.7 exhibits a 3-bay cross-wing with a late 16th or early 17th century jetty and a contemporary stack in the central bay. A quadrant-moulded bridging joist to the rear of the front bay is notable, featuring impost mouldings and a finial base. A corner cupboard in the front ground-floor room has serpentine shelves. No.5 contains a dogleg central staircase with a Chinese Chippendale handrail, along with evidence of 17th-century framing. Cornice is present in the western front room, while other ground-floor rooms have marble and reeded fireplaces.