Description

MALDON

TL8506NW HIGH STREET
574-1/9/96 (South West side)
24/09/71 Nos.90, 92 AND 94
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(South side)
Nos.92 & 94)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(South side)
Nos.88 & 90)

GV II*

Warehouse with adjoining block, now shop. C15. Timber-framed
and rendered with gabled plain tile roofs.
PLAN: 2 blocks with wide-span main block and narrower-span
block to north-west with front parapet as continuation of main
facade.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Main elevation has one small and one
larger sash window with moulded surrounds, each with a single
vertical glazing bar. Ground floor has C20 plate-glass shop
fronts as 3 canted bays and with one C20 entrance door.
INTERIOR: main block has a remarkable timber-frame of 4
narrow, equal bays and of very wide span. The uncambered tie
beams are supported on jowled posts with short arch braces,
back and front, to the 3 central trusses, to providing a
single large volume. The end walls have widely spaced studs
and external wall braces at front corners. Roof has crown
posts with substantial longitudinal braces on end and central
frames and intermediate trusses have plain 'propping posts'
with forked heads clasping collar purlin. Possibly a
purpose-built warehouse.
The narrower block to the north-west formed part of a larger
building with Nos 86 & 88 (qv) and is timber-framed with 2
cambered tie beams exposed on 1st floor. That adjoining the
main block has grooves for arch braces and was therefore
'open-framed'. The other, defining a square bay, has neither
partition nor arch braces. The height to wall-plate level
here, is suggestive of a small open hall.
HISTORY: the main structure was referred to as a warehouse in
C16 property deeds.
(RCHME: Essex Central and South-west: London: 1921-: 177).

Listing NGR: TL8517106992

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532264

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)