Maldon Hall and Mallards (EHER 38490)

A large house, and small dwelling in former service accommodation, built in around 1500, and altered in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The house is part timber framed, part red brick and painted brick. The roofs are covered in plain tiles and Welsh slate, and the chimney stacks are built of Gault brick. It is a very complex structure of many builds, and is a moated site (see EHER 7778).

September 1971. Grade II listed. A large house, and small dwelling in former service accommodation, built in around 1500, and altered in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The house is part timber framed, part red brick and painted brick. The roofs are covered in plain tiles and Welsh slate, and the chimney stacks are built of Gault brick. It is a very complex structure of many builds, and is a moated site (see EHER 7778). It is of two-storeys with a small cellar. On the SE corner is a rectangular painted-brick block with slate hipped roof with lead hips and ridge detail. This has an off-centre Gault brick ridgeline chimney stack and cast-iron veranda with glass roof and ornamental posts on its south face which continues across the adjoining block. Adjoining to the west is the short end of a long north/south range, being the earlier core of the house. Linked to the northern end of this range is a small rectangular red brick building with hipped plain tile roof (part of Mallards). The south flank wall has a 20th century conservatory against the west wall. The rear (east) of this building is linked to a former cross-wing at the end of the main core block. The ground floor is fronted by a stone-flagged yard, partly contained by a wall and has a kitchen door with hood on consoles and 19th century cast-iron wall-mounted possible pump. The long north/south range is an in-line two-storeyed timber-framed house of the late 15th or early 16th century. Remnants of a crown-post roof survive, with three simple crown posts with lateral braces, under a late side-purlin roof. An adjoining kitchen in the early 19th century western range has a wide contemporary fireplace with large keystone and wall shelving. The interior is generally very complete with numerous early 19th century features including doors, architraves and cornices. The SW room has simple panelling and there are reeded arches on the ground- and first-floor hallways. The windows to the south elevation have internal folding shutters. <1> See photos <2>. 1986. Watching brief. Four or five sherds of possibly medieval pottery were found when digging the foundations for a conservatory in 1986 (info from Maldon Archaeological Group). <3> NRHE data transfer: A 15th-16th century moated farmhouse. Re-faced in the 18th century in brick, now plastered. It is of two storeys with a two-window range, comprising double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The roof is covered with slate. Internal features include exposed farming and remains of a 15th century braced truss with octagonal king post. Originally this was the principal house of Little Maldon. Maldon Hall and Maldon Hall Barn, Maldon Wycke and stables formed part of an early medieval community known as Little Maldon which grew up around the moated Maldon Hall. <4> October 1976. Field survey. Maldon Hall (name confirmed) dates from the 14th century and has a contemporary king post roof, but was modernised in the 19th century. Not outstanding. See photograph. <5>