1, 3 And 5, The Street

This building, located at 1, 3, and 5 The Street in Heybridge, is a house and shop dating from the late 15th century and mid 19th century. The main structure is made of rendered brick, with some rendered timber-framing and plain tile roofs, featuring both a red-brick stack and a rendered stack. The complex layout includes a front range with a gabled cross-wing to the northwest and a wing at the southeast end.

The exterior is two storeys high. The cross-wing has scalloped barge-boards, a two-light window in the gable, and a plain window on the first floor. The 20th-century shop front consists of plate glass with a fascia, extending partially across the main range to the southeast. The main range is also two storeys tall, with a red-brick stack and a rendered stack on the southeast end. There is a narrower projecting two-storey gabled block at the front, which features two blind window openings and three segmental-headed plain sash windows on the first floor. The ground floor includes the shop front, two door openings (one leading to the house), a 19th-century window, and a 20th-century shop window.

At the rear, there is a projecting two-storey wing that forms a T-plan, showcasing a mix of 19th-century mullioned-and-transomed windows and margin-glazed sashes. Attached to the northwest end is a remnant of an earlier house with rendered walls and a plain tile hipped roof with a gablet. The rear first floor of this earlier structure features a six-pane sash with a moulded surround and a three-light casement, while the ground floor is concealed behind flat-roofed rear extensions.

Inside, the early part of the building is a former solar or parlour cross-wing from around 1500, now part of the shop. This section was associated with a two-storey late 16th-century building next door, which replaced a former open hall. The cross-wing consists of two bays and is set well back from the street, featuring jowled posts and an arched wall brace that can now be seen from the adjoining property. The crown-post roof includes a lower collar to strengthen the gablet framing, which is typical for the area of Maldon.