Description

SX 8663 MARLDON

13/81 Marldon House

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- II

Large house, formerly known as Parkfield House. Circa 1835-40. Built by
Francis Garratt who formerly occupied Compton Castle q.v. Stuccoed. Low-
pitched hipped slate roof with deep eaves with paired brackets and panelled
soffit. Rectangular on plan. Two storeys. South-west and north-west garden
fronts of three bays with sash windows complete with glazing bars. The north-
east entrance front is asymmetrical and has moulded mullion/transom windows with
glazing bars in chamfered openings with hood moulds. Right hand first floor
with four-centred head and Y-bar. Below is a gabled porch with buttressed
corners and four-centred arch chamfered doorway with hood mould and glazed
double doors with glazing bars and fanlight with Y-bars. Inner door is similar.
Small bellcote in the valley of the roof. Plain rendered chimney stacks.
Interior: contemporary geometric staircase with simple stick balusters and oval
lantern. Original joinery appears to be largely intact including most of the
doors. Three original, though plain, chimneypieces remain.

Listing NGR: SX8689363557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26402289

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version