Description

MALDON

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

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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

• Wikidata Q26547852

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)