Description

MALDON

TL8507SW MARKET HILL
574-1/7/182 (North West side)
22/01/80 Hillside Nos 1-8, Hillside Cottage &
attached railings & wall to Cromwell
Lane
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET HILL
(West side)
Hillside, Nos 1-6)

GV II

Workhouse, now house and flats. 1719, extended 1834, altered
1874. Timber-framed and rendered with Welsh slate gabled
roofs. Main range parallel with street with 2nd parallel range
(Hillside Cottage) to rear and T-shaped extension at
north-east end.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with cellar; 7-window range. 2nd floor has
seven 2-light casements with label moulding, 5 of which have
small panes in upper part. Two 3-storey canted bay windows
with hipped lead roofs, originally with similar windows but
now much simplified. 1st floor has 7 similar windows, 2 of
which are altered. The ground floor has doorcase of 1719 with
moulded hood on consoles, 4-pane fanlight to door with 2
moulded panels over 2 flush panels and 2 stone steps with iron
handrails; 4 early C19 door surrounds with flat hoods and
doors have margin-glazed upper panel. 2 wide 4-light casements
with label mouldings and small panes in upper part.
The early C19 extension to the north-east has full-height
pilasters and gable with circular window. The ground, 1st and
2nd floors each have two 2-light casements with label
mouldings; 2 plain 2-light casements to exposed basement
level.
The recessed elevation to the north has a 2-light casement
with label moulding on each floor, over a flat-headed carriage
arch to rear yard. The parallel rear range (former Masters
House) is of 3 storeys with cellars with a principal elevation
facing north-west. On the 2nd and 3rd floors, there are three
16-pane sash windows with moulded surrounds. The ground floor
has a central early C19 doorcase with hood on consoles,
moulded architrave and 4-panel door. Flight of C19 stone steps
with elegant contemporary handrails. One 16-pane sash window
and segmental bow window with small-paned tripartite sash and
flat roof.
The exposed basement level has pair of small-paned French
window and door with small-paned side lights under bow window.

The rear of the complex, otherwise, has 2-light casements
without label mouldings, a projecting early C19 toilet
extension and 3 tall, substantial red brick stacks.
Hillside Cottage is former workhouse reception/utility and
laundry room and is of 2 storeys with slate roof, gabled to
north-west and hipped to east. Red Flemish-bond brick, now
substantially rendered with C20 small-paned sash windows.
INTERIOR: main range has 2-storey hardwood timber-frame of
1717 with chamfered spine beams and substantial hanging knees
under tie beams. In 1834 a further storey of good quality
softwood timber-framing was added to this, with cambered tie
beams. Wide staircases of the 1834 improvements and heavy
doors of 2 layers of thick rebated boarding on large iron
hinges. The plan form of the former Master's House remains
substantially unaltered but subdivided, with many early C19
features.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the front forecourt has stone-slab paving
and late C19 cast-iron railings. Red-brick boundary wall to
Cromwell Lane (partly retaining) links main range with cottage
and projects beyond.
HISTORY: the main range is former purpose-built workhouse of
1719 financed from the residue of the estate of Thomas Plume
(qv Plume Library, High Street). In 1834 the complex was
extended, heightened, and improved to form the Union
workhouse. In 1874 the complex was subdivided vertically to
form residential units following the opening of St Peter's
Workhouse.

Listing NGR: TL8501207251

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547948

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)