Maldon East Railway Station

Maldon East Railway Station, built in 1846 for the Eastern Counties Railway Company, was later converted to offices. The station is constructed of red/brown Flemish bond brickwork with dressings of Gault brickwork, stucco, and ashlar, and is designed in a Jacobean style. The building comprises two identical pavilions linked by a projecting arcade and balcony with a low wall above. Each pavilion has a front elevation topped by a Flemish gable featuring a narrow slit window and corner parapets with a cornice resting on consoles. The first floor central section has a two-light square-headed casement with a transom. The projecting arcade is nine bays wide, featuring square stuccoed piers with capitals supporting semicircular arches trimmed with stucco and keystones, with single arches completing the returns. A decorative balustrade sits above, adorned with cast-iron finials over each pier. The third arch bay from each end projects slightly. The ground floor elevation, situated behind a colonnade, is entirely of Gault brick and is further recessed in the centre between the pavilions. Each pavilion has two semicircular-headed windows with radiating glazing bars in the head and a single horizontal glazing bar, flanking a pair of double entrance doors. The flanks of the central recess incorporate blind recessed semicircular-arched openings, one now an infilled door. The central recessed area features four similar arched windows, one of which is being converted into a doorway. The north-west and south-east exposed flanks of the pavilions were originally similar in design, featuring a central, smaller Flemish gable, a matching cornice and balustrade, and three two-light casements on the first floor. The ground floor of the north-west pavilion incorporates three semicircular-arched windows, recessed within a larger arched opening. The formerly concealed south-east flank features a more recent addition of red brick with three sash windows. Internal flanks of each pavilion have tall stacks with three diagonal shafts and attached bands. Some original hopper heads remain, and shallow-pitched gable roofs, hidden behind the parapet, were exposed at the time of survey, lacking roof cladding. The rear platform has a fretted canopy supported by cast-iron columns. Internally, the building has been significantly altered, but fine timber roof structures survive.