Description

STRATFORD ROAD
1.
1594 Marwarden Court

SU 1332 12/584
II* GV
2,
Late C16/early C17 alterations in circa 1710 and C19. East front: 2-storeyes
and attic, dressed stone, old tile roof. East front U-shaped with 3-light
leaded stone mullioned attic windows and 6-light stone mullioned and transomed
windows with C19 lights on ground and 1st floors, all under dripmoulds. Central
upper 4-light stone mullioned and transomed window and porch between the gabled
wings with rusticated jambs and flat hood on brackets. Lintel carved "Parva
sed apta domino l673". The west garden front circa 1710. 1 storey and attic
symmetrical 6 bay ashlar front with steep hipped old tile roof. 2 gabled 2
light casement dormers. 5 deep set sash windows, thick glazing bars, ashlar
architraves and sills. Door in 3rd bay from south set in ashlar architrave
surround. Acanthus console brackets supporting cornice, broken segmental pediment.
Door has thick glazing bar sashes to match windows and 2 fielded panels forming
lower door.
Interior: Hall has late C16 fireplace, cambered stone head and Jambs. Drawing
room panelled early C18, bolection mouldings, pulvinated frieze and cornice.
Red and grey marble bolection moulded mantlepiece, centre wood panel flanked
by pilasters. Early Cl8 staircase, oak with closed string, balusters cased
in. Upper hall panelled early Cl8, and bedroom with panelling. South end
of attic has exposed butt purlins, exposed principal, tenoned pegged collar
and wall posts.
Thomas Pitt bought the house in 1690 and the garden front is probably due to
him. William Pitt the elder was born here.

Marwarden Court with former stables and forecourt wall & gate form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1301532506

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543829

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)