Description

MALDON

TL8407SE HIGH STREET
574-1/6/77 (South side)
02/10/51 Nos.40 AND 42
including The Apothecary's House
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(South side)
Nos.40, 40A & 42)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(South side)
Premises at rear of No.40)

GV II

Formerly known as: The Apothecary's House HIGH STREET.
Shops and offices. Early and late C18. Brick with plain tile
roofs. 3 storeys; symmetrical 5-window range; extensive C20
rear extensions.
EXTERIOR: front with roof hipped at the corners behind
parapet; red Flemish-bond brickwork with centre breaking
forward slightly and moulded brick cornice. 2nd floor has
small-paned Diocletian window under rubbed brick arch, with to
left two 12-pane sash windows with flush moulded boxes under
rubbed brick flat arches, and to right 2 sash windows similar
to others but with a single vertical glazing bar. The 1st
floor has central Venetian window with small-paned glazing and
to left has 2 deeper sashes with similar detail and to right 2
canted oriels with hipped plain tile roofs and sashes. The
ground floor has C20 colonnade of 8 Doric columns, coupled
either side of centre, and entablature of trigylphs. The
recessed C20 shop front is of metal with continuous fascia and
brick stall-risers.
The west flank has plain tile roof returning behind fascia and
three 12-pane sashes on 2nd floor. 1st floor has one 8-pane
sash window and canted oriel with flat lead roof and black
weatherboarded base. Ground floor has 2 infilled windows with
linked arched heads and double recessed door in old, reduced,
opening. The east flank elevation has one 12-pane sash window
on 2nd floor. The 1st floor has a square oriel and 12-pane
sash.
Bridge structure linking with No.44 (not included) has north
elevation of painted weatherboarding with 9-pane sash and
Welsh slate lean-to roof.
The early C18 Apothecary's House has its front (E) elevation
now within the C20 rear shop extension. 2 storeys; 4-window

range; red Flemish-bond brickwork with some grey headers. The
1st floor has four C20 sash windows, with central vertical
glazing bars under rubbed brick segmental heads; central
narrow blind recessed panel. The ground floor has 3 similar
windows, narrow blind recess and C20 door surround with hood.
The west elevation to an alley is generally of 2 storeys;
Flemish-bond brick, but with rendered stair tower with hipped
plain tile roof and 9-pane sash. The roof is steeply pitched
in plain tiles with gable and large stack to south. Ground
floor has a 9-pane sash window and C20 door surround with flat
hood on consoles in old opening with recessed brick panel
over.
A 3-storey, early C19 rear block, partly spans over the
eastern alley and has a hipped Welsh slate roof behind
parapet. The south elevation has, on its 2nd floor one 9-pane
sash, a blank recessed panel and one 16-pane sash all under
rubbed brick flat arches. The 1st floor has three 16-pane
sashes.
INTERIOR: front range is largely C20, but a staircase to the
rear has shaped tread ends, stick balusters and hardwood
handrail. The interior of the early C19 rear block, has on its
1st floor, a room with moulded skirting and shutters in flanks
of windows. The 1st-floor room of the Apothecary's House has
mid C18 panelling with cornice (dentilled over former
fireplace) and small fireplace with shouldered architrave.
Premises at rear of No.40 listed 26.03.81.

Listing NGR: TL8497807022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548322

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)