47, High Street

MALDON

TL8507SW HIGH STREET 574-1/7/80 (North side) No.47

GV II

Shop with flat. 1893. Red English-bond brick, stone and terracotta dressings, and flank of yellow stocks; machine-made plain tile roof with decorative ridge cresting. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attic; single-window range. Attic is faced by Dutch gable with stone coping and with central plain double-hung sash with segmental pediment over forming summit of gable. Either side here are rectangular terracotta plaques with floral ornament. Stories are marked by flush stone bands. A recessed central panel on 1st and 2nd floors has moulded brick edging and ogee curves at the head linking with sill of attic window over. Within this, on 2nd floor, is a terracotta panel inscribed: 'B 1893' and 2 sash windows with moulded brick framing. The 1st floor has a central stone canted bay window with cornice, panelled frieze and moulded surrounds to the plain sash windows which have a central vertical glazing bar. Moulded sill with acanthus scrolls and 2 further terracotta plaques line up with head of bay on each flank. The ground floor has C19 shop front with stone dentilled cornice, timber fascia, and panelled plinths supporting paired columns with fluted bell capitals flanking the opening; central canted door recess and windows have plain glass and decorative glazed panels above transom. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8501507044