Description

MALDON

TL8506NW HIGH STREET
574-1/9/104 (South West side)
24/09/71 Nos.114, 114A, 116, 116A

GV II

House, now offices, flat and shops. Early C19. Main block of
Gault brick with hipped slate roof, with parallel rear range
with hipped plain tile roof. Nos 114 & 114A of red brick with
Gault dressings and with slate roof, gabled to front and
hipped to rear. No.116A of Gault brick with gabled slate roof.
EXTERIOR: main block (No.116) of 3 storeys and cellar;
5-window range; 2-storey blocks either side of frontage. The
front of the main block has blocking course and moulded brick
dentilled cornice. On the 2nd floor there are five 2-light
windows with gauged brick flat arches. Raised double-string
band between storeys and 5 French windows, with C20 metal
frames, on 1st floor, with balcony of cast-iron decorative
balusters. Ground floor has 2 canted stuccoed bay windows
supporting balcony with sash windows with central vertical
glazing bars and corner pilasters. Central door surround of
similar stucco pilasters, recessed door and panelled reveals.
2-storey rear wings, one with canted bay window of C19, and
C20 extensions under construction at time of survey.
Nos 114 & 114A have moulded brick parapet and 2-light casement
window over C19 shop front of 4 lights with transom and door
with rectangular fanlight.
The north-west flank has an early C19 shop front of 3 lights
with pilasters and cornice/hood. To the south-west are 2 doors
and a 2-light casement on each storey.
No.116a has moulded brick parapet and, on the 1st floor, a C20
window under gauged brick flat arch. The ground floor has tall
C19 shop front with fascia.
Flank to south-east is of rendered brick with C20 canted oriel
at 1st floor.
INTERIOR: ground floor room of main block has
elliptical-headed recess with keystone and panelled pilasters
and simple plaster cornice. Other front room has modillioned
plaster cornice and semicircular arched recesses flanking
former fireplace. Staircase has pilaster-like motif at top and
bottom supporting handrail. One 1st-floor room has fireplace
with shouldered architrave.

Listing NGR: TL8525006950

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548280

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)