It is only since the end of the middle ages that the main thoroughfare of London Road leading to Chelmsford has been inhabited. It is unusually straight and is believed to have run through the middle of an earthwork enclosure.

The only medieval buildings today are nos 13-15 forming a pair of 15^th century cottages at its east end. Unsurprisingly, the road seems to have developed from this end which is urban in character with some 18^th century houses standing right on the frontage of the north side. A Napoleonic war barracks was located here and some of the houses were officer’s quarters. The Lodge is thought to have been the officer’s mess, and Bower House (similarly of white brick) and set well back from the road also probably had it’s origins with the military presence here. The tithe map of 1848 shows virtually no houses on the south side, the first edition OS map of 1873 however shows the road lined houses as it is today. These mid 19^th century villas which are predominantly detached with white brick facades give the road the highly dignified feel that it has to the present day.

Notable to the south side is the former County Court of 1858 a MOST IMPRESSIVE residential conversion since 1995, italiante in style with a white brick façade set back from the road behind a wall with brick and stone gate piers. There is a very handsome stone royal coat of arms centrally placed on the parapet of the roof. The court was famously used in the case of Jeremy Bamber and The White House Farm Murders of 1985.

Reeds House of early 19^th century appearance is a grade II listed property rendered over a timber frame with a long seven window range frontage right onto the north edge of the street.

At the west end the road drops at the end of the ridge providing distant views out of the conservation area and towards Beeleigh Abbey.

Prominent on the south side at the west end is the former All Saints Primary School, the original mid 19^th Century buildings comprising of two wings for boys and girls flanking a pair of masters houses. The wings are conspicuous with large roofs incorporating fish scale tiles and anchor ties in the gables. This grand building has now been sympathetically converted to form a mixture of residential apartments and houses.

The road still retains a primary school namely St Francis Catholic Primary School with a “good” rated ofsted report.

Adjacent the School is Bower Gardens a more modern development sited in the gardens and grounds of the grade II listed Bower House, Initially three bungalows were built along the drive to the old house probably in the 1960’s enveloped in trees and virtually invisible from London Road. Some two storey houses were later erected.

London Road is now a highly sought after location and is ideal for providing easy access to Maldon’s historic High Street providing a vast array of shopping facilities, café’s bars and restaurants.

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