Description

MALDON

TL8407SE LONDON ROAD
574-1/6/153 (North East side)
24/09/71 Nos.38 AND 40
Reeds House (No.40)
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD
(North side)
Nos.38, 40 AND 40A)

GV II

Grammar school, now 2 houses. Early C19 with earlier origins.
Timber-framed and rendered with C20 pargeted panels and hipped
slate roof with 4 stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 7-window range. Front elevation has
12-pane sash windows, each with moulded surrounds, on 1st
floor. Ground floor has central wide doorcase with pilasters
and hood on brackets to door of 6 raised-and-fielded panels
and very narrow sidelights with panels beneath; 6 similar sash
windows on ground floor and 2 simple doorcases, one with door
of 6 raised-and-fielded panels and the other to a slated
lean-to at south-east end.
North-west flank has black weatherboarded ground floor, as
does ground floor of rear elevation. This garden elevation has
five 12-pane sash windows and 2 smaller 16-pane sash windows
on 1st floor. On the ground floor there are two 12-pane sash
windows, some later openings and a boldly projecting
semicircular bow window, with cornice to flat roof, small
panes and thin dividing pilasters.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: originally the Grammar School endowed in 1608 by
Ralph Breeder.

Listing NGR: TL8458207108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548048

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings