14, Market Hill

MALDON

TL8507SW MARKET HILL 574-1/7/163 (North East side) 02/10/51 No.14 (Formerly Listed as: MARKET HILL (East side) Nos.12 & 14)

GV II

House. C17 and early C19. Timber-framed and rendered with roughcast on front elevation and with gabled plain tile roof to front range with hip up to taller rear wing; north-west rear extension with hipped slate roof and C20 rear conservatory extension with some Welsh slate on wide gable. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with cellar; 2-window range. Plain front parapet. 1st floor has 2 sash windows, each with a single vertical glazing bar. Ground floor has central doorcase with flat hood on reeded pilasters to 5-panel door; steps with wrought-iron handrails. Canted bay window with sash window and a single sash window, all with central vertical glazing bars, and a cellar light. The rear extension has a 2-light C20 casement on 1st floor. INTERIOR: front range has chamfered spine beams, an inglenook stack with mantel beam and curved interior, and a curved corner cupboard with doors of early C19. Old door with bottle-glass bulls' eyes in small panes and scratched inscription 'Customs House Maldon Essex, Oct 1811 G Gunn'. Tight winder stairs with continuous curved soffit and brick barrel-vaulted cellar. Ground floor incorporates part of rear wing of No.12 (qv) with 2-bay hardwood timber-frame probably of C17.

Listing NGR: TL8506707179