14, Market Hill

No. 14 Market Hill is a house dating from the 17th century and early 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered with roughcast on the front elevation, topped by a gabled plain tile roof on the front range, which has a hip up to a taller rear wing. There is a north-west rear extension with a hipped slate roof and a 20th-century conservatory extension that includes some Welsh slate on a wide gable.

The building is two storeys high with a cellar and has a two-window range. The plain front parapet is complemented by two sash windows on the first floor, each with a single vertical glazing bar. The ground floor includes a central doorcase with a flat hood supported by reeded pilasters leading to a five-panel door, with steps featuring wrought-iron handrails. There is a canted bay window with a sash window and an additional single sash window, both also featuring central vertical glazing bars, along with a cellar light. The rear extension has a 20th-century two-light casement window on the first floor.

Inside, the front range displays chamfered spine beams, an inglenook stack with a mantel beam and a curved interior, and a curved corner cupboard with early 19th-century doors. There is an old door with bottle-glass bulls' eyes in small panes, inscribed with 'Customs House Maldon Essex, Oct 1811 G Gunn'. The tight winder stairs have a continuous curved soffit, and the cellar is brick barrel-vaulted. The ground floor also incorporates part of the rear wing of No. 12, which features a two-bay hardwood timber frame likely from the 17th century.