20, Market Hill

MALDON

TL8507SW MARKET HILL 574-1/7/166 (North East side) 24/09/71 No.20

GV II

House. Early C19 and possibly earlier. Timber-framed and plastered with rendered brick front; front range has gabled plain tile roof with large end stacks, and parallel rear range with hipped plain tile roof, with further hip on ridge to range at right-angles with white weatherboarded tower beneath glazed belvedere. EXTERIOR: front range of 2 storeys with attic and cellar; 3-window range. Large central hipped dormer with 3-light small-paned casement behind plain parapet. 1st floor has a 16-pane sash window either side of a similar narrower window. On ground floor a central doorcase with thin Tuscan pilasters with tall attic panels and segmental, bowed, dentilled and reeded cornice; semicircular fanlight of radiating bars and panelled reveals to deeply recessed door with 4 raised-and-fielded panels over 2 flush panels, at the head of 4 steps. Either side are slightly bowed 16-pane windows with curved glass and dentilled cornice. C20 flat-roofed car port on north-west flank. The rear range is of 3 storeys and rendered, with a mixture of windows including a margin-glazed sash with coloured glass and a 16-pane sash on ground floor. Single-storey rendered brick extension with lean-to slate roof with reeded surround to door in flank and C20 small-paned casement. Further C19 extension beyond has lean-to slate roof and rendered timber-frame. Belvedere on roof has small-paned windows on all faces and flat roof. INTERIOR: central entrance hall with segmental arch on pilasters; open-well staircase with continuous curved soffit, stick balusters and column newels. North-west room of front range has cupboards with raised-and-fielded doors, either side of rear window. Windows have internal folding shutters in flanks, and belvedere has fitted bench with shaped end.

Listing NGR: TL8505107197