Sea Marge

TG 2440 OVERSTRAND HIGH STREET

8/36 Sea Marge

II

Large house. 1908-12 but said to be built to design of Sir Arthur Blomfield d.1899. Half-timbered, brick, pebbledash and tile. Tiled roof. Irregular plan. Irregular gabled road facade of 2 and 3 storeys and attic. Sash windows, casements and oculi. Ground floor pebbledashed with a projecting bay window with diamond leaded-panes. Single storey timbered gabled porch behind which rises a 3-storey timbered square tower with pyramidal roof. To the right of this a single storey wing with a sleep pitched roof and mullioned and transomed oriel window. To the right again a lower, 2-storey, 3-bay range with open arcade to ground floor, casements to first floor, the centre one under a gable. Further half-timbered ranges project from left hand end. Brick stacks with clustered shafts. To the rear a series of 6 gabled bays with pebbledash ground floors; casements; gable windows; lefthand 3 bays canted. To the left, loggias on ground and first floors with a further range to the left. Interior. Oak panelling to entrance hall and reception rooms. Galleried 'hall' with stone fireplace. Upstairs bathroom with contemporary tiles, probably Japanese. The Buildings of England North-East Norfolk and Norwich. N. Pevsner.

Listing NGR: TG2496640774