Evelyn House

Evelyn House is a house dating from the 17th century with early 19th-century additions, situated in Maldon. It is timber-framed and rendered, with a plain tile roof featuring two small hips to rear ranges set at right angles, and a stack in a T-plan. The house is two storeys with an attic and a cellar, and has a three-window front. There are two hipped dormers with 20th-century casement windows behind a plain parapet. The first floor has two sash windows with single vertical glazing bars and moulded surrounds, alongside a two-storey segmental bow window with a flat roof, incorporating sash windows with a central vertical bar and intermediate pilasters. The ground floor has a mid-19th-century doorcase with a consoled hood, a rectangular fanlight, and a six-panelled door. Two similar sash windows are located to the northwest of the door. The rear elevation features two projecting gabled extensions with hipped ends, linked by parapets that conceal valleys. A southeast wing has a large tripartite sash window with multiple panes over a twelve-pane sash with a sill at ground level. A small twelve-pane sash sits near the centre of the first floor, and twelve-pane windows are present in the attic of the northwest wing. Other ground and first-floor windows are 20th-century small-paned casements.

The front range’s interior reveals a mid-17th-century timber frame, consisting of two large bays with quadrant-moulded and decorative lambs-tongue-stopped spine beams and bridging joists (where visible). A 17th-century stack with an inglenook and chamfered jambs is located on the rear wall. The main ground-floor room is panelled with a cornice. A rear ground-floor room features a cornice and a marble fireplace. The kitchen in the northwest wing has a wide fireplace with a keystone and a mantel shelf. Numerous windows incorporate internal folding shutters. A dogleg staircase, possibly recessed, has column-on-vase balusters, shaped tread ends, and a panelled dado with pilasters. The upper rear room in the southeast wing displays a fine early 19th-century cornice and fireplace. All major rooms contain cast-iron grates. Evidence suggests a former passage existed along the northwest flank. Fragments of original 17th-century rear wall showcase old pargeting. The roof is a side-purlin design.