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County Court and Frontage Wall with Gate Piers

A Grade II Listed Building in Maldon, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7316 / 51°43'53"N

Longitude: 0.6725 / 0°40'21"E

OS Eastings: 584650

OS Northings: 207039

OS Grid: TL846070

Mapcode National: GBR QM4.GT7

Mapcode Global: VHJK5.LQWW

Plus Code: 9F32PMJF+M2

Entry Name: County Court and Frontage Wall with Gate Piers

Listing Date: 25 February 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1256567

English Heritage Legacy ID: 464780

ID on this website: 101256567

Location: Maldon, Essex, CM9

County: Essex

District: Maldon

Civil Parish: Maldon

Built-Up Area: Maldon

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Maldon All Saints with St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description



MALDON

TL8407SE LONDON ROAD
574-1/6/154 (South West side)
25/02/94 County Court and frontage wall with
gate piers

GV II

County Court. 1858. Grey Gault bricks with ashlar dressings
and roofs invisible behind parapets.
PLAN: large building with tall single-storey range to front
and taller block to rear of site.
EXTERIOR: symmetrical front of 7 bays with end bays breaking
forward. Stone dentilled cornice with console brackets and
central stone free-standing Royal Arms on top of parapet. This
has a stone panelled base inscribed: 'DIEU ET MON DROIT' in
Egyptian letters. Centre has 5 semicircular-headed double-hung
sash windows set within semicircular-arched recesses, each
with brick flank pilasters with stone capitals. Each arch has
a stone keystone, and the moulded sill runs continuous, with
raised brick apron panel below. The projecting end bays have
brick rusticated pilasters and paired entrance doors at head
of flights of 3 stone steps. Continuous stone entablature over
with superimposed semicircular window with rubbed brick arch,
expanding upwards to meet tall brick keystones. Tall stack on
front range with consoles in stone.
Frontage has 2 entrances with contemporary brick and stone
gate piers, linked by low wall with stone saddleback coping.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Similar in general character to courthouse in Braintree,
Essex.


Listing NGR: TL8465007039

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