Have you seen our new look?
Our brand refresh has been a work in progress as many of you know, but the final stage of decorating the exterior and fitting our new signage is now complete! We love with the outcome and hope you like it too!
To celebrate the finale of the brand refresh, we thought we would share a bit of the history of the Maldon Lettings premises and the town we call home!
Maldon Lettings moved into 11 High Street Maldon in 2014 but it had previously been used by many other industries all of which have added their own quirks to the building. 11 High Street is a grade II listed building, constructed in the 15th century which once looked very different to the building we see today. The artist reconstructions show how it may have looked in the 15th century, where there are blank areas there is a lack of evidence in the building as it stands to suggest how this may have looked at the time.
Jetties were commonplace for upper stories in Maldon as shown in the reconstruction of 11 High Street but are much less evident today as they are often underbuilt. Maldon is also substantially a timer-framed town but again this is rarely evident as on most buildings the framing is mostly concealed. Exceptions to this include The Blue Boar and The Old Vicarage where the frames are painted in black, in keeping with Victorian fashions.
The late medieval market was located at the junction of Silver Street and High Street around All Saints Church. The original Moot Hall or Guild Hall stood in the area between High Street and Coach Lane (possibly near where Smugglers Cove and Holden Estate Agent stand today). Maldon Lettings formed part of Bawde’s Tenement which would have had multiple uses at the time and possibly overlooked the marketplace and the original Moot Hall.
Maldon has certainly changed a lot over the past few hundred years and continues to grow and develop as a town. Maldon Lettings are proud to a part of this town we all know and love and even prouder to let and manage properties in around Maldon. We feel it gives us a unique insight into the character of Maldonian architecture both old and new and only increases our admiration for this unique town.