Maldon Moot Hall

In the civil parish of Maldon.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Tower house built early-mid C15 for Sir Robert D'Arcy. Aquired by the Borough Council in 1576. Alterations occured during the late C18-early C19 and during the C19-C20. Also used as a Police station from 1836. Now Town Council premises. Three-storied structure with red-brick walls and lead-covered roofs. Has a semi-octagonal stair-turret at the NE angle and small annexe at the NW angle. Much altered and most of the existing windows were inserted late in C19. Unusual building in that it originally included a defensive tower. Evidence in the form of blocked doorways and straight joints in the brickwork suggest that a two-storey 1st-floor hall structure was first intended, squeezed into an already developed urban frontage. This probably had a hall at right-angles to the frontage and an octagonal stair tower. In a second phase of building an elaborate spiral stair was inserted into the tower, and the building, including the tower, was raised in height. It is probable that the brick stair at least was the work of foreign brickmakers, as it is identical to examples at Someries Castle (Bedfordshire) and Faulkbourne Hall (Essex).

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 464435, 464390)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL84980704

PastScape number; 380805

Books

Eddy, M.R. with Petchey, M.R. (eds), 1983, Historic Towns in Essex: An Archaeological Survey (Essex County Council) p66
Pevsner, N., 1965. The Buildings of England: Essex (London, Penguin, 2edn. revised by E. Radcliffe) p29
RCHME, 1921, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Vol2 [central and south-west] p174

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Maldon Moot Hall

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL84980704

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