The White House And Chaise House At The Rear

This is a house and former coach house, dating to the 16th and 19th centuries, situated in Maldon. The main house is timber-framed and rendered with painted brick, while the rear coach house is primarily constructed of brick. The main house has a roof of L-shape with a gable facing northeast, and otherwise hipped, covered with plain tiles. A second, hipped roof of plain tiles fills the rear, creating a compact rectangular block. A single-storey section to the northeast has a gabled plain tile roof, and the coach house has a hipped roof with tile hips, covered with Welsh slate.

The principal house is two storeys with a cellar, and has a symmetrical three-window front. It features a plain parapet. The front has paired 12-pane sash windows on each floor. A semicircular-headed sash window with radial glazing bars in the upper sash is centrally positioned on the first floor, flanked by the paired sashes. Below, similar semicircular-headed windows flank a door with panelled impost blocks and an Adamesque fanlight containing swags, leading to a six-panel door with two glazed lights above four raised-and-fielded panels, accessed by a stone step. A rendered flank elevation to Cromwell Hill displays a timber-framed parapet, with a 12-pane sash window with a moulded surround on the first floor and a margin-glazed sash window on the ground floor. A large stack is positioned above the parapet, and a wide 17th-century brick stack is against the north gable. The single-storey section has a small sash window in the flank wall and a small diamond-mullioned window in the north gable. The rear elevation of the main block incorporates canted bays with flat roofs and sash windows.

Inside the main house, the L-shaped range showcases high-quality softwood timber framing, likely dating to the 18th century. The staircase is late 18th century, featuring a column newel, turned balusters, and carved and shaped tread ends—an early example of this style. One ground floor room contains a late 18th century Adamesque fire surround. A fragment of earlier timber framing remains to the rear of the northeast gable. The single-storey block, likely dating to the late 16th century, contains internal serpentine wall bracing and remnants of original window openings. It features a very narrow bay at the northeast end, originally separated by a studwork partition with evidence of door openings. A loft-like room now occupies the space above this. This structure was likely a former kitchen attached to an earlier front range. The coach house exhibits angle ties at eaves level and two markedly cambered tie beams. The chaise house is included in the listing for the first time.