Sea Marge

Sea Marge is a large house built between 1908 and 1912, designed according to the plans of Sir Arthur Blomfield, who passed away in 1899. The building features a mix of half-timbering, brick, pebbledash, and tile, topped with a tiled roof. Its irregular plan includes a road facade with gables at two and three storeys, plus an attic. The house has sash windows, casements, and oculi. The ground floor is pebbledashed and features a projecting bay window with diamond leaded-panes.

There is a single-storey timbered gabled porch, behind which rises a three-storey timbered square tower with a pyramidal roof. To the right of the tower is a single-storey wing with a steeply pitched roof and a mullioned and transomed oriel window. Further to the right is a lower, two-storey, three-bay range with an open arcade on the ground floor and casements on the first floor, the central one set under a gable. Additional half-timbered ranges extend from the left end of the building. The house has brick stacks with clustered shafts.

At the rear, there are six gabled bays with pebbledash ground floors, casements, and gable windows, with the left three bays canted. To the left, there are loggias on both the ground and first floors, along with a further range extending leftward. Inside, the entrance hall and reception rooms are adorned with oak panelling. The interior also features a galleried hall with a stone fireplace and an upstairs bathroom that includes contemporary tiles, likely of Japanese design.