Description

MALDON

TL8407SE WEST CHASE
574-1/6/221 (North West side)
The Convent (Franciscan Convent
Mount View RC)

II

House, now Franciscan convent. 1880. Yellow Gault stock brick
with dressings of red brick terracotta and stone, with slate
roof; 3 large stacks.
EXTERIOR: large cubic block of 2 storeys and semi-basement,
but with attic storey over part and rooftop belvedere. The
latter is an unequal octagon with lead roof and
horizontal-sliding casements on all faces. The south-west
(entrance) front has a projecting centre with full-height
pilasters, culminating in a low gable with paired sashes to
window, breaking through base. Either side of the window, the
gable spandrels are of terracotta blocks, a chequer of plain
squares and squares with sunflower motif. On the 1st floor is
a large canted oriel with moulded cornice and wine-glass base.
Windows here, as elsewhere, unless otherwise stated, are
sashes with plain glass in lower sash and rectangular
patterned glazing bars in upper sash. The ground floor has 2
semicircular-arched openings with keystones and carved timber
spandrel panels, one with entrance doors and other with
window. The recessed part of front to south-east has
terracotta plaque in moulded brick frame with pediment over,
inscribed: 'JGS 1880'; the initials are repeated on glass of
adjoining door and windows, and refer to John Sadd, the local
timber importer. The north-west recessed part has 2 narrow
small-paned sash windows over one wide and one narrow similar
window, all with keystones and red brick apron panels. A large
stack projects from this wall.
The south-east elevation has a pedimented dormer and 2
full-height canted window bays with double-hung sashes and
segmental pediments.
The north-east elevation, sited above the scarp slope and
enjoying wide views over the river plain, has the same
tripartite division as the entrance front. The projecting
centre has a similar low-pitched gable, surmounted here by a
pediment. Large, full-height canted window bay with moulded
cornice and pediment on consoles at 1st floor level. The
recessed parts each have a sash window on each floor with
decorative upper sashes and apron panels.
The north-west elevation has one canted bay, as south-east
elevation and 3 small-paned sash windows on 1st floor. The
ground floor has 2 narrow similar windows, a small sash and
service entrance with large fanlight over. The door is
margin-glazed with coloured glass.
On the south-west corner of the main block is a single-storey
brick service building with hipped slate roof and sash window.
INTERIOR: the entrance hall has an encaustic-tiled floor and
grand open-well staircase with foiled piercings to the
balustrade, Vitruvian scroll on the strings and all in stained
timber. The main rooms all have plaster cornices of varying
patterns.

Listing NGR: TL8463807223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547852

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