Marylands
| Marylands | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to Marylands | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ08294201 |
| Location: | 51°10’2"N, 0°27’9"W |
| Village: | Ewhurst |
| History | |
| Built 1929–1931 | |
| For: | M. C. Warner by Oliver Hill |
| Country house | |
| Spanish-style | |
| Information | |
Marylands is a Spanish-style country house on Pitch Hill, a rural part of Ewhurst in Surrey. It is a Grade II* listed building, designed during 1929–31 by architect Oliver Hill.[1]
The gardens were planted by Gertrude Jekyll.[2]
History and architecture
The house was constructed by Oliver Hill between 1929 and 1931 for M. C. Warner. It is made of Bargate stone sandstone with a green Swedish pantiled roof inspired by Spanish architecture and the work of Edwin Lutyens. The two wings are linked by a stone terrace incorporating a Moorish curved pool, and the house has many stone and brick embellishments, such as fireplaces and window features.[1] Servants' bells survive.
During Second World War the house was let to Colonel Tatsumi, who served as Japanese Military Attaché to London, and to Władysław Sikorski, the prime minister of the Polish Government in Exile.[1]
In media
The house was used as a filming location in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the episode Dead Man's Mirror.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Heritage List 1253713: Marylands (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Brown, Jane (1982). Gardens of a Golden Afternoon. The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. London: Allen Lane. p. 191. ISBN 0-7139-1440-8.
- ↑ Eirik (2013-07-23). "Investigating Agatha Christie's Poirot: Episode-by-episode: Dead Man's Mirror". Investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch. http://investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch/2013/07/episode-by-episode-dead-mans-mirror.html. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- 'Country Life' October 24, 1931
- 'The Builder' January 24, 1928
- 'The Ideal Home' June 1938
- BOE Surrey p227
