Description

MALDON

TL8507SW CROMWELL HILL
574-1/7/23 (North West side)
24/09/71 No.11
Cromwell Guest House

GV II

Guest-house. Early C19 and earlier. Timber-framed and rendered
with low-pitched roofs. 2 blocks: the south-east block has a
Welsh slate roof, hipped to Cromwell Hill and gabled to the
rear, and the north-west block has a clay pantiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; the south-east front has wide overhanging
eaves and, on the 1st floor, two 12-pane sash windows with
moulded surrounds. The ground floor has early C19 shop front
with projecting cornice, frieze with fan motif over 4 reeded
Doric pilasters. Central door with 6 raised fielded panels and
fanlight. Either side are tripartite shop-type windows with a
vertical glazing bar in central light. The shop front returns
for one bay on the Cromwell Lane frontage which in part is of
3 storeys; 2nd floor has three 12-pane sash windows with
moulded surrounds. The 1st floor has 2 recessed 12-pane sash
windows. Ground floor has recessed 2-light window and low
double door.
The rear block has one gabled dormer with C20 two-light window
and 2 flush 16-pane sash windows on 1st floor. Ground floor
has fascia above a recessed door with margin-glazed fanlight
and recessed 12-pane sash window. To the north-west are a wide
pair of boarded doors with area of black weatherboarding over.
INTERIOR: very complex building of many periods, and the
south-west flank of front block has framing with internal
curved wall bracing to centre strut, exposed inside.

Listing NGR: TL8500307238

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548456

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